Azara's night monkey

Weight

929.6 g – 1.23 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

22.2 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

30 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Arborealsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The azara's night monkey is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderPrimates
5. familyAotidae
6. genusAotus
7. SpeciesAotus azarae (Humboldt, 1812)

Synonyms Aotus azarai, Aotus azarai, Simia azarae

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Three-striped night monkey

Aotus trivirgatus

Aotidae

VU, Vulnerable

Gray-bellied night monkey

Aotus lemurinus

Aotidae

EN, Endangered

Peruvian night monkey

Aotus miconax

Aotidae

LC, Least Concern

Black-headed night monkey

Aotus nigriceps

Aotidae

LC, Least Concern

Spix's night monkey

Aotus vociferans

Aotidae

G

Gray-legged night monkey

Aotus griseimembra

AotidaeNo free photo yet

CompareAzara's night monkey vs Three-striped night monkeyAzara's night monkey vs Gray-bellied night monkeyAzara's night monkey vs Peruvian night monkeyAzara's night monkey vs Black-headed night monkey

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@misc{azaras_night_monkey_2026,
  title = {Azara's night monkey (Aotus azarae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/azaras-night-monkey},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}