Grey-legged night monkey  (Aotus griseimembra)

Authenticated (31/05/2006) by Matt Richardson, independent primatologist and writer.

• Diurnal: Active during the day.
• Gestation: the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth.
• Inbreeding depression: The decreased vigour in terms of growth, survival or fertility that follows one or more generations of interbreeding between closely related individuals.
• Monogamous: Having only one mate during a breeding season, or throughout the breeding life of a pair.
• Nocturnal: active at night.
• Primary forest: Forest that has remained undisturbed for a long time and has reached a mature condition.
• Secondary forest: Regenerating forest that has not yet reached the mature state of primary forest.
• Subspecies: A population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.
• Territory: area occupied and defended by an animal, a pair of animals or a colony.

1. IUCN Red List (January, 2009)
   http://www.iucnredlist.org
2. Richardson, M. (2006) Pers. comm.
3. MFOUs and Night Monkeys: Paternal care in Aotus sp. By Jonathan Greenberg (April, 2006)
   http://cstars.ucdavis.edu/~jongreen/Resources/Aotuspap99.pdf
4. Primate Info Net (April, 2006)
   http://pin.primate.wisc.edu
5. The Primata (April, 2006)
   http://www.theprimata.com/factsheets.html
6. Herrera, S., Perlaza, B.L., Bonelo, A. and Arevalo-Herrera, M. (2002) Aotus monkeys: their great value for anti-malaria vaccines and drug testing. International Journal of Parasitology, 32 (13): 1625 - 35.
7. Defler, T.R., Rodríguez-M, J.V. and Hernández-Camacho, J.I. (2003) Conservation Priorities for Colombian Primates. Primate Conservation, 19: 10 - 18.
8. CITES (April, 2006)
   http://www.cites.org
9. The Nature Conservancy (May, 2008)
   http://www.nature.org/pressroom/press/press1436.html