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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Taxonomic Hierarchy
  2. Mammalia
  3. Primates
  4. Cebidae
  5. Aotus (Cebidae)
  6. Aotus nancymaae
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. mammals
  3. nonhuman primates
  4. Cebidae
  5. Aotus (Cebidae)
  6. Aotus nancymaae
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. mammals
  3. nonhuman primates
  4. Cebidae
  5. Aotus (Cebidae)
  6. Aotus nancymaae
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. mammals
  3. nonhuman primates
  4. Cebidae
  5. Aotus (Cebidae)
  6. Aotus nancymaae
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. mammals
  3. nonhuman primates
  4. Cebidae
  5. Aotus (Cebidae)
  6. Aotus nancymaae

Preferred term

Aotus nancymaae

Type

  • Organism

Definition

  • Information Native to Brazil and Peru. The species was named for Dr. Nancy Shui-Fong Ma, a pathologist who mapped this species' genetics. Aotus nancymaae is a model for research on the Duffy antigen and on the hormone oxytocin. Also called the Ma's Night Monkey or Peruvian red-necked owl monkey

    Source: AWIC

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • Ma's night monkey
  • Nancy Ma's night monkey

Has taxonomic rank

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/343758

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