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title: "Brumback's Night Monkey"
description: "Aotus brumbacki — Mammals. Brumback's night monkey (Aotus brumbacki) is a species of night monkey found in Colombia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/brumback-s-night-monkey
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brumback's Night Monkey

> Aotus brumbacki — Mammals. Brumback's night monkey (Aotus brumbacki) is a species of night monkey found in Colombia.

- Scientific name: *Aotus brumbacki*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 85
- Wikidata: [Q992423](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q992423)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43420](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43420)

## Names

- en: Brumback's Night Monkey
- de: Brumbacknachtaffe
- es: Mico De Noche Llanero
- fr: Douroucouli de Brumback

## Countries with the most observations

CO (65)

## Summary

Brumback's night monkey (Aotus brumbacki) is a species of night monkey found in Colombia. It has traditionally been considered a subspecies of gray-bellied night monkey, Aotus lemurinus. However, it has recently been argued that it should be considered a separate species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brumback%27s_night_monkey

## Photo

![Brumback's Night Monkey](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brumback-s-night-monkey/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195953131

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brumback-s-night-monkey?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).