[Aotus azarai]
Habitat: both high and low tropical rainforest, gallery and island forests with dense canopies
Height: 13.6”
Weight: 16-44 oz
Max Lifespan: 20 years
Gestation Period: 126-133 days
Number of Young: 1-2
Conservation Status: Least Concern
– The only nocturnal monkey, but is active periodically and sporadically throughout both the day and night (Cathemeral) due to environmental factors
– Extremely large eyes give them excellent night vision
– Owl monkeys are fruit eaters (frugivores) and supplement their diet with flowers, insects, nectar, and leaves
– Insect foraging occurs at dawn and dusk, and are adept at grabbing flying insects out of the air
– Immune to malaria, owl monkeys have played an important role in understanding how the parasite that causes malaria attacks the human body