Northern Night Monkey: A species of the subfamily AOTINAE, family CEBIDAE, inhabiting the forested regions of Central and South America (from Panama to the Amazon). Vocalizations occur primarily at night when they are active, thus they are also known as Northern night monkeys.

Synonym: aotus trivirgatus.

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