NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Brumback's Night Monkey
Aotus brumbacki Hershkovitz, 1983
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Brumback's night monkey (Aotus brumbacki) is a species of night monkey found in Colombia. It has traditionally been considered a subspecies of gray-bellied night monkey, Aotus lemurinus. However, it has recently been argued that it should be considered a separate species.
Wikipedia contributors, Brumback's night monkey; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:10:44.358243+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Aotus brumbacki Hershkovitz, 1983
- Name authority
- Hershkovitz, 1983
- Common name
- Brumback's Night Monkey
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Aotidae
- Genus
- Aotus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderPrimates Linnaeus, 1758
- suborderHaplorrhini Pocock, 1918
- infraorderSimiiformes Haeckel, 1866
- familyAotidae Elliot, 1913
- genusAotus Illiger, 1811
- speciesAotus brumbacki Hershkovitz, 1983
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Aotus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Azara's Night MonkeyAotus azarae (Humboldt, 1812) | AotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Humboldt's Night MonkeyAotus trivirgatus (Humboldt, 1811) | AotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Noisy Night MonkeyAotus vociferans (Spix, 1823) | AotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray-legged Night MonkeyAotus griseimembra Elliot, 1912 | AotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Aotus lemurinus brumbacki Hershkovitz, 1983 Hershkovitz, 1983 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=572944 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:F6F8. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.