Douroucouli

Douroucouli
From LoveToKnow 1911
DOUROUCOULI, apparently the native name (perhaps derived from their cries) of a small group of American monkeys ranging from Nicaragua to Amazonia and eastern Peru, and forming the genus Nyctipithecus.

Douroucouli
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see monkey.
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Monkey - any of a large and varied group of mammals of the primate order.

The Douroucouli monkey is a nocturnal monkey, meaning that it sleeps during the day, and searches for food at night. The Douroucouli eats insects and fruits.
It has a small pouch under its throat, which it inflates when it calls out.

Family Aotidae: night or owl monkeys (douroucoulis)
Family Pitheciidae: titis, sakis and uakaris
Family Atelidae: howler, spider and woolly monkeys
Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys
Family Hylobatidae: gibbons, siamangs ...

See also: Monkey, Squirrel monkey, Capuchin, Squirrel, Marmoset