Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Douroucouli Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Cebidae Genus: Aotus Species Aotus azarai Aotus brumbacki Aotus hershkovitzi Aotus infulatus Aotus lemurinus Aotus miconax Aotus nancymaae Aotus nigriceps Aotus trivirgatus Aotus vociferans Ref: ITIS 572811 2002-07-26 The douroucouli is a monkey of the genus Aotus. The genus name means "earless"; they have ears, of course, but the external ears are tiny and hard to see. They are also called "night monkeys" because they are active at night. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.