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Nancy Ma's night monkey

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Primates

Genus
  
Aotus

Higher classification
  
Aotus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Aotidae

Scientific name
  
Aotus nancymaae

Rank
  
Species

Nancy Ma's night monkey wwwplanetmammiferesorgPhotosPrimateCebideAo

Similar
  
Spix's night monkey, Black‑headed night monkey, Night monkey, Azara's night monkey, Gray‑bellied night monkey

Nancy Ma's night monkey (Aotus nancymaae) is a night monkey species from South America. It is found in Brazil and Peru.

It is known in medical research as a model organism for studying the Duffy antigen.

References

Nancy Ma's night monkey Wikipedia