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Table 1 Primate species reported in the Sucusari River basin or surrounding areas, Napo River, Peru

From: The ethnoprimatology of the Maijuna of the Peruvian Amazon and implications for primate conservation

Species*

Mass (kg)

English common name

Local name

Citations

Cebuella pygmaea

0.1–0.14

Pygmy marmoset

Leoncito

[32, 38]

Leontocebus nigricollis

0.4–0.5

Black mantle tamarin

Pichico

[32, 38,39,40]

Aotus vociferans

0.7–1.2

Spix’s night monkey

Musmuqui

[32, 38, 40]

Saimiri sciureus

0.6–1.4

Common squirrel monkey

Fraile

[32, 38, 40]

Callicebus discolor

0.9–1.4

Red titi

Tocón cenizo/colorado

[32, 38, 40]

Callicebus lucifer

0.8–1.5

Lucifer titi

Tocón negro

[32, 38, 40]

Pithecia monachus

2.2–2.5

Monk saki

Huapo

[32, 38, 40]

Sapajus macrocephalus

1.2–3.6

Large-headed capuchin

Mono/machín negro

[32, 38, 40]

Cebus albifrons

1.7–4.5

White-fronted capuchin

Mono/machín blanco

[32, 38, 40]

Lagothrix lagotricha

3.6–10

Common woolly

Mono choro

[32, 38,39,40]

Alouatta seniculus

3.6–11.1

Red howler

Mono coto/colorado/brujo

[32, 38,39,40]

  1. *Species listed in order of increasing body mass [76]