Lagothrix flavicauda(Primates: Atelidae)

Abstract

Lagothrix flavicauda (Humboldt, 1812), commonly known as the yellow-tailed woolly monkey, is one of the largest New World primates. Its diet is based on fruits and leaves, and occasionally flowers, buds, epiphyte roots, invertebrates, and some vertebrates. It is endemic to the cloud forests of northern Peru, in Amazonas, San Martín, Huánuco, Junín, La Libertad, and Loreto departments at elevations from 1,000 to 2,800 m. It lives in groups of up to 30 individuals. Lagothrix flavicauda is listed as “Critically Endangered” (CR) by both the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and under Peruvian legislation, and on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

Expanded Distribution and Predicted Suitable Habitat for the Critically Endangered Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey (Lagothrix flavicauda) in Peru

“…The lack of encounters or secondary evidence of L. flavicauda in areas with evidence of L. l. tschudii may be due, in large part, to competitive exclusion. L. l. tschudii has been found to be one of the most abundant high-altitude species in previous surveys in Cerro de Pasco and Huánuco (Aquino et al 2019), and inhabits forests with niche conditions and at elevations suitable for L. flavicauda (Aquino et al 2016;Serrano-Villavicencio et al 2021).…”

“…2019), and inhabits forests with niche conditions and at elevations suitable for L. flavicauda (Aquino et al . 2016; Serrano-Villavicencio et al . 2021).…”