Common name |
Scientific name |
Image |
Distribution & habitat |
Range map |
Remarks |
Notes
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Aotidae – night monkeys
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Brumback’s night monkey |
Aotus brumbacki |
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Orinoco region |
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ssp. of A. lemurinus ?; Vulnerable |
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Gray-bellied night monkey |
Aotus lemurinus |
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Tropical Andes |
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Vulnerable |
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Gray-handed night monkey |
Aotus griseimembra |
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Northern Colombia east of Sinú River |
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ssp. of A. lemurinus ?; Vulnerable |
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Hernández-Camacho’s night monkey |
Aotus jorgehernandezi |
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West slope of Central Andes (Quindío, Risaralda) |
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Tatamá (West Andes) ? |
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Panamanian night monkey |
Aotus zonalis |
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Chocó lowlands |
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ssp. of A. lemurinus ? |
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Spix’s night monkey |
Aotus vociferans |
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Amazon region |
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Atelidae – howler, spider, and wooly monkeys
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Black-headed spider monkey |
Ateles fusciceps |
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West slope of West Andes, Pacific lowlands |
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Critically endangered |
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Brown spider monkey |
Ateles hybridus |
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Magdalena Valley, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Serranía del Perijá |
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Critically endangered |
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Brown woolly monkey |
Lagothrix lagotricha |
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Amazon region |
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Vulnerable |
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Colombian woolly monkey |
Lagothrix lugens |
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East Andes foothills, Serranía de la Macarena, Magdalena Valley, Serranía de San Lucas |
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Critically endangered; Endemic ? |
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Geoffroy’s spider monkey |
Ateles geoffroyi |
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Possibly extreme northern Chocó to Baudó Mountains |
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Endangered |
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Juruá red howler |
Alouatta juara |
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Amazon region |
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may be subspecies of A. seniculus |
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Mantled howler |
Alouatta palliata |
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Pacific lowlands, western Caribbean lowlands |
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Ursine howler |
Alouatta arctoidea |
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Northern Orinoco region |
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may be subspecies of A. seniculus |
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Venezuelan red howler |
Alouatta seniculus |
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Throughout except Pacific & La Guajira |
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White-bellied spider monkey |
Ateles belzebuth |
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Parts of Amazon region, Serranía de la Macarena, foothills of East Andes |
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Endangered |
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Callitrichidae – marmosets & tamarins
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Black-mantled tamarin |
Saguinus nigricollis |
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Amazon region |
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Brown-mantled tamarin |
Saguinus fuscicollis |
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Amazon region |
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Sympatric with pygmy marmoset |
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Cotton-top tamarin |
Saguinus oedipus |
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Caribbean region, PNN Tayrona |
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Critically endangered; Endemic |
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Geoffroy’s tamarin |
Saguinus geoffroyi |
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Chocó lowlands and foothill forest |
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Goeldi’s marmoset |
Callimico goeldii |
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Amazon region |
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Vulnerable |
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Graells’s tamarin |
Saguinus graellsi |
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Amazon region |
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ssp. of S. nigricollis ?; Near threatened |
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Mottle-faced tamarin |
Saguinus inustus |
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Amazon region |
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Pygmy marmoset |
Cebuella pygmaea |
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Amazon region |
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White-footed tamarin |
Saguinus leucopus |
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Northern Colombia; dry and humid forest |
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Allopatry from S. oedipus; Endangered; Endemic |
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Cebidae – capuchins & squirrel monkeys
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Colombian white-faced capuchin |
Cebus capucinus |
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Pacific lowlands, Gorgona Island |
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Map shows combined range of Colombian and Panamanian white-faced capuchins; Colombian white-faced capuchin range shown in red |
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Common squirrel monkey |
Saimiri sciureus |
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Amazon region |
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Subsequent taxonomic research restricts S. sciureus to Brazil and the Guianas; replaced in Colombia by S. cassiquiarensis |
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Humboldt’s squirrel monkey |
Saimiri cassiquiarensis |
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Amazon region |
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Large-headed capuchin |
Sapajus macrocephalus |
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Amazon region |
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may be ssp. of S. apella |
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Marañón white-fronted capuchin |
Cebus yuracus |
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Southern Colombia |
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Río Cesar white-fronted capuchin |
Cebus cesarae |
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Río Cesar valley |
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Endemic |
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Santa Marta white-fronted capuchin |
Cebus malitiosus |
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Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta |
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Endangered; Endemic |
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Sierra de Perijá white-fronted capuchin |
Cebus leucocephalus |
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Northern Colombia |
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Tufted capuchin |
Cebus apella |
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Amazon region, Orinoco region |
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Varied white-fronted capuchin |
Cebus versicolor |
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Río Magdalena Valley |
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Endangered; Endemic |
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Humboldt’s white-fronted capuchin |
Cebus albifrons |
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Amazon region |
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Several white-fronted capuchin species were formerly considered subspecies of C. albifrons |
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Pitheciidae – titis, sakis & uakaris
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Black titi |
Callicebus lugens |
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Orinoco & Amazon lowlands, between Caquetá & Tomo Rivers |
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Caquetá titi |
Callicebus caquetensis |
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Caquetá |
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Critically endangered; Endemic geographic range of just about 100 km2 (39 sq mi), actually occupies only about 10 km2 (3.9 sq mi) within that range |
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Collared titi |
Callicebus torquatus |
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Amazon region |
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Colombian black-handed titi |
Callicebus medemi |
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Amazon region, between Caquetá & Putumayo Rivers |
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Vulnerable; Endemic |
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Golden-backed uakari |
Cacajao melanocephalus |
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Between Caquetá & Guaviare Rivers, to Serranía de la Macarena |
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Lucifer titi |
Callicebus lucifer |
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Amazon region, between Caquetá & Putumayo Rivers |
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Monk saki |
Pithecia monachus |
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Amazon region, south of Caquetá River |
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Ornate titi |
Callicebus ornatus |
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East Andean foothills to Serranía de la Macarena |
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Vulnerable; Endemic |
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White-tailed titi |
Callicebus discolor |
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Amazon region |
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Vulnerable |
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