Gray-handed night monkey

Grey Hand - Nachtaffe ( Aotus griseimembra )

The gray hand - Nachtaffe ( Aotus griseimembra ) is a primate of the group of night monkeys ( Aotidae ). He is often considered a subspecies of the Colombian owl monkeys.

Grey Handheld Night monkeys are like all night monkeys relatively small primates with large, adapted to the nocturnal lifestyle eyes. The fur is gray brown on the top, the belly is yellowish -orange. The arms and legs are gray and the hands and feet brownish. The tail is bushy and approximately the same length as the hull. The head is rounded, the large eyes are brown, they are surrounded by white boxes. Along the head, three dark bands, each with a pull outside of each eye and one on the forehead to the nose. From other night monkeys, they differ in the color of their limbs and in the number of chromosomes.

Grey Hand - night monkeys inhabit the northern Colombia, and the extreme western Venezuela. Their habitat are deeper forests.

Little is known about their way of life, she probably agrees with the rest of the night monkeys match. Thus, they are nocturnal and usually stay up in the trees. There, they move away on all fours and jumping. They prefer to sleep back in the hollows of trees or plants thickets. They live in monogamous family groups and occupy fixed territories, which they defend against conspecifics.

The main food of these animals consists of fruits, besides they also eat leaves and insects. Avoid through their nocturnal lifestyle they compete with diurnal, more dominant species.

Grey Handheld Night monkeys are threatened by the progressive destruction of their habitat. Add to that the strong especially in the 1960s and 1970s, hunting, as these animals are used in animal experiments, which has decimated the stocks. The IUCN lists the species as "endangered" ( vulnerable ).