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title: "Grey-handed Night Monkey"
description: "Aotus griseimembra — Ssaki. The gray-handed night monkey (Aotus griseimembra) is a species of night monkey formerly considered a subspecies of Gray-bellied night monkey of the family Aotidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/grey-handed-night-monkey
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grey-handed Night Monkey

> Aotus griseimembra — Ssaki. The gray-handed night monkey (Aotus griseimembra) is a species of night monkey formerly considered a subspecies of Gray-bellied night monkey of the family Aotidae.

- Scientific name: *Aotus griseimembra*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 254
- Wikidata: [Q1185106](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1185106)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74067](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74067)

## Names

- en: Grey-handed Night Monkey
- de: Grauhandnachtaffe
- es: Mico De Noche Caribe
- fr: Douroucouli à bras gris

## Countries with the most observations

CO (175)

## Summary

The gray-handed night monkey (Aotus griseimembra) is a species of night monkey formerly considered a subspecies of Gray-bellied night monkey of the family Aotidae. Its range consists of parts of Colombia and Venezuela. The exact classification of the gray-handed night monkey is uncertain.  While some authors consider it a subspecies of the gray-bellied night monkey, A. lemurinus, other authors consider it a separate species,  A. griseimembra.
In Colombia, its range consists of the northern portion from the Sinú River (or perhaps further east) to the Venezuelan border, including the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray-handed_night_monkey

## Photo

![Grey-handed Night Monkey](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/grey-handed-night-monkey/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255154606

## Machine access

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