Aotus azarae Humboldt 1811

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Primates, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 111-184 : 139

Aotus azarae Humboldt 1811

Aotus azarae Humboldt 1811 , Rec. Observ. Zool., 1: 359.

Type Locality: Argentina, right bank of Rio Paraguay.

Vernacular Names: Azara's Night Monkey.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Aotus azarae subsp. azarae Humboldt 1811

Subspecies Aotus azarae subsp. boliviensis Elliot 1907

Subspecies Aotus azarae subsp. infulatus Kuhl 1820

Distribution: Bolivia south of Amazon, between Rios Tocantins and Tapajos-Juruena, south to Paraguay and N Argentina.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Red-necked species group. Pieczarka and Nagamuchi (1988) proposed that infulatus may be conspecific with A. azarae ; followed by Ford (1994) and Groves (2001 c). Groves (1993) changed the form of the name to azarai in accordance with Art. 31 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature ( International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1985 d), but D. Brandon-Jones (pers. comm.) pointed out that Art. 31.1.3 recommends that the original spelling be preserved.