Lagothrix flavicauda (Primates: Atelidae)

Lagothrix flavicauda (Humboldt, 1812), commonly known as the yellow-tailed woolly monkey, is one of the largest New World primates. Its diet is based on fruits and leaves, and occasionally flowers, buds, epiphyte roots, invertebrates, and some vertebrates. It is endemic to the cloud forests of north...

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Published in:Mammalian species 2021-10, Vol.53 (1010), p.134-144
Main Authors: Serrano-Villavicencio, José E, Shanee, Sam, Pacheco, Víctor
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bosques montanos
CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species)
Cloud forests
Elephants
Endangered & extinct species
Endangered species
endemic
endémico
Flora
Flowers
International trade
Lagothrix flavicauda
Legislation
mono choro de cola amarilla
Nature conservation
Peru
Perú
primate
Primates
Vertebrates
Wildlife conservation
yellow-tailed woolly monkey
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Summary:Lagothrix flavicauda (Humboldt, 1812), commonly known as the yellow-tailed woolly monkey, is one of the largest New World primates. Its diet is based on fruits and leaves, and occasionally flowers, buds, epiphyte roots, invertebrates, and some vertebrates. It is endemic to the cloud forests of northern Peru, in Amazonas, San Martín, Huánuco, Junín, La Libertad, and Loreto departments at elevations from 1,000 to 2,800 m. It lives in groups of up to 30 individuals. Lagothrix flavicauda is listed as “Critically Endangered” (CR) by both the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and under Peruvian legislation, and on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
ISSN:0076-3519
1545-1410
DOI:10.1093/mspecies/seab013