Night monkey: Difference between revisions

'''The Night monkeys''', also known as '''owlUR monkeysMOM''' or '''douroucoulis'''<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Douroucouli |volume=8 |page=450}}</ref> ({{IPAc-en|d|uː|r|uː|'|k|uː|l|i|z}}), are nocturnal [[New World monkey]]s of the [[genus]] '''''Aotus''''', the only member of the [[family (biology)|family]] '''Aotidae''' ({{IPAc-en|eɪ|'|ɒ|t|ᵻ|d|iː}}). The genus comprises eleven species which are found across Panama and much of South America in primary and secondary forests, tropical rainforests and cloud forests up to {{convert|2400|m|ft}}. Night monkeys have large eyes which improve their vision at night, while their ears are mostly hidden, giving them their name ''Aotus'', meaning "earless".