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Night monkeys

Aotus vociferans

Description:

Night monkeys are nocturnal: they are most active at dawn and dusk. They are frugivorous; their diet includes fruit, nectar and flowers, leaves, and small animals prey such as insects

Habitat:

Night monkeys typically occur in primary and secondary forest. In Ecuador, this species occurs in humid tropical forest between 200 and 900 m above sea level, and in the Cordillera del Condor, in subtropical forest up to 1,550 m

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6 Comments

flowntheloop
flowntheloop 6 years ago

Precious!

Jim Nelson
Jim Nelson 7 years ago

Well deserved SOTD, Diego!

Neil Ross
Neil Ross 7 years ago

Sweet spotting. These little guys are gorgeous. Congrats on your SOTD, Diego.

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 7 years ago

Congrats Diego!

AshleyT
AshleyT 7 years ago

Congrats Diego, these curious Night Monkeys from Ecuador are our Spotting of the Day!

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LuisStevens
LuisStevens 7 years ago

Great shot Diego.

DiegoM
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DiegoM

Orellana, Ecuador

Spotted on Aug 3, 2016
Submitted on Aug 6, 2016

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