Silvery woolly monkey | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Family: | Atelidae |
Genus: | Lagothrix |
Species: | L. poeppigii |
Binomial name | |
Lagothrix poeppigii Schinz, 1844 |
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Silvery Woolly Monkey range |
The silvery woolly monkey (Lagothrix poeppigii), also known as Poeppig's woolly monkey, is a woolly monkey species from South America. Named after the German zoologist Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, it is found in Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.