| Silvery woolly monkey | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Atelidae |
| Genus: | Lagothrix |
| Species: | L. poeppigii |
| Binomial name | |
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Lagothrix poeppigii Schinz, 1844 |
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| Silvery Woolly Monkey range | |
The silvery woolly monkey (Lagothrix poeppigii), also known as Poeppig's woolly monkey, is a woolly monkey species from South America. Named after the German zoologist Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, it is found in Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.