Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Peruvian Woolly Monkey (Lagothrix cana), recorded as Endangered
Peruvian Woolly Monkey (Lagothrix cana). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Peruvian Woolly Monkey

Lagothrix cana

Peruvian Woolly Monkey is a New World monkey in the family Atelidae (order Primates) — Lagothrix cana, recorded as Endangered and tied to Peru, Brazil, and Ecuador.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Lagothrix cana
Recorded from
Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay
CITES
Appendix II
Taxonomy
Mammalia · Primates · Atelidae · Lagothrix

The New World monkey

Primates are mammals with grasping hands and forward-facing eyes. A named monkey or lemur on this catalog is a wild population, not a pet type.

This is a named wild mammal with a photograph and a threat category on the public record.

Range and habitat

Peruvian Woolly Monkey is recorded from Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, and Paraguay.

GBIF currently lists 133 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

CITES lists this taxon on Appendix II. Confirm the current appendix on the CITES checklist.

Peruvian Woolly Monkey is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from Wikidata item Q1193508 and GBIF occurrence geography. No dedicated encyclopedia article was available at build time. Family and order context is original writing about the group — not a claim that a monograph exists for this name. Not an IUCN assessment. Confirm status and range on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Lagothrix flavicauda), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Yellow-tailed woolly monkey

Lagothrix flavicauda
Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus
Photograph of Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Javan rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus
Photograph of Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Sumatran orangutan

Pongo abelii

Quick answers

What is Peruvian Woolly Monkey?
Peruvian Woolly Monkey is a New World monkey in the family Atelidae (order Primates) — Lagothrix cana.
What is the conservation status of Peruvian Woolly Monkey?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Lagothrix cana. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Peruvian Woolly Monkey live?
The public record places it in Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, and Paraguay.
Why is Peruvian Woolly Monkey in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Lagothrix cana?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Peruvian Woolly Monkey a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.