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Peruvian night monkey

Aotus miconax Thomas, 1927

ENEndangeredprimates

The peruvian night monkey (Aotus miconax) is a species in the family Aotidae, order Primates. Recorded adults weigh about 800 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.

Peruvian night monkey (Aotus miconax)
Photo: Platyrrhinus · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the peruvian night monkey

Weight
800 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the peruvian night monkey live?

Not recorded

What is the peruvian night monkey?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Peruvian night monkey (Aotus miconax), also known as the Andean night monkey, is a nocturnal New World monkey endemic to northern Peru. Adults weigh around 1 kg (2.2 lb) and measure up to 50 cm (20 in) in length. Its colour is grey to light brown with characteristic black and white markings on the face. The chest, belly and upper arms are orange tinged, however, to a lesser extent then Aotus nigriceps.

The species is one of the least known and possibly rarest Neotropical primates. This species is listed as endangered by the IUCN and under Peruvian law.

The Peruvian night monkey is also one of the least studied of all primates. The only data that exists about this species are museum specimens, sighting records and very basic ecological information. The species is thought to inhabit areas of cloud forest at 900–2,800 m (3,000–9,200 ft) above sea level in the departments of Amazonas, Huanuco and San Martin, and in border regions of neighboring departments.

From the Wikipedia article “Peruvian night monkey” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peruvian_night_monkey&oldid=1356902054), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the peruvian night monkey endangered?

The peruvian night monkey is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

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

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Endangered species.

How is the peruvian night monkey classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderPrimates
  5. familyAotidae
  6. genusAotus
  7. SpeciesAotus miconax Thomas, 1927
Other names and names in other languages (22)
  • Andean night monkeyEnglish
  • Andean night monkeyEnglish
  • Andean night monkeyEnglish
  • Mono LechuzaEnglish
  • Mono LechuzaEnglish
  • قرد الليل البيروفيArabic
  • mirikina andskáCzech
  • AndennachtaffeGerman
  • Anden-Rotkehl-NachtaffeGerman
  • MusmuquiSpanish
  • Mono NocturnoSpanish
  • Mono Nocturno AndinoSpanish
  • TutamonoSpanish
  • perunyöapinaFinnish
  • Douroucouli des AndesFrench
  • アンデスヨザルJapanese
  • AndesnattapeNorwegian Bokmål
  • AndesnachtaapjeDutch
  • ponocnica górskaPolish
  • Macaco-da-noite-peruanoPortuguese
  • Macaco-da-noite-dos-andesPortuguese
  • 小夜猴Chinese

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Relatives of the peruvian 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 peruvian night monkey?

An adult peruvian night monkey weighs 800 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the peruvian night monkey endangered?

The peruvian night monkey is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the peruvian night monkey?

The peruvian night monkey (Aotus miconax) belongs to the family Aotidae in the order Primates.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{peruvian_night_monkey_2026,
  title = {Peruvian night monkey (Aotus miconax)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/peruvian-night-monkey},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}