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Ma's night monkey

Aotus nancymai Hershkovitz, 1983

Status not recordedprimates

The ma's night monkey (Aotus nancymai) is a species in the family Aotidae, order Primates. Recorded adults weigh 788 g to 791 g and live up to 11.4 years.

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Quick facts about the ma's night monkey

Weight
788 g
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
11.4 years
Diet
Herbivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
1.02
Active
At night (nocturnal)
Lifestyle
Arboreal
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the ma's night monkey live?

Not recorded

Is the ma's night monkey endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the ma's night monkey classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderPrimates
  5. familyAotidae
  6. genusAotus
  7. SpeciesAotus nancymai Hershkovitz, 1983

Synonyms Aotus nancymaae

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • Nancy Ma’s night monkeyEnglish
  • Peruvian red-necked owl monkeyEnglish
  • قرد الليل نانسي ماArabic
  • mirikina loretskáCzech
  • Nancy-Ma-NachtaffeGerman
  • Mono NocturnoSpanish
  • tigrenyöapinaFinnish
  • Douroucouli du LoretoFrench
  • ナンシーヨザルJapanese
  • Nancy Ma's NachtaapjeDutch
  • ponocnica peruwiańskaPolish
  • Macaco-da-noite-de-nancy-maPortuguese
  • 秘魯夜猴Chinese
  • Macaco Da NoiteSpanish
  • Mico de noche de Nancy MaSpanish
  • MusmuquiSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the ma's night monkey

Other species in the same genus Aotus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the ma's night monkey?

An adult ma's night monkey weighs 788 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

How long does the ma's night monkey live?

The ma's night monkey has a recorded lifespan of 11.4 years.

What kind of animal is the ma's night monkey?

The ma's night monkey (Aotus nancymai) belongs to the family Aotidae in the order Primates.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Ma's night monkey (Aotus nancymai). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mas-night-monkey

MLA

“Ma's night monkey (Aotus nancymai).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mas-night-monkey.

BibTeX
@misc{mas_night_monkey_2026,
  title = {Ma's night monkey (Aotus nancymai)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mas-night-monkey},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}