Yellow-tailed woolly monkey

Weight

8.23 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

6.98 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Frugivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

225 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

4.61 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Arborealsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Critically Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The yellow-tailed woolly monkey is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces an extremely 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

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderPrimates
5. familyAtelidae
6. genusLagothrix
7. SpeciesLagothrix flavicauda (Humboldt, 1812)

Synonyms Lagothrix hendeei, Oreonax flavicauda, Oreonax hendeei, Simia flavicauda

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

VU, Vulnerable

Common woolly monkey

Lagothrix lagothricha

Atelidae

CompareYellow-tailed woolly monkey vs Common woolly monkey

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  title = {Yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Lagothrix flavicauda)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-tailed-woolly-monkey},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}