Night monkeys in zoos

vogelcommando

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From the around 10 species of night monkeys ( Aotus sp. ) and the many more subspecies only 4 are kept in European zoos :
Aotus azarae boliviensis kept in 12 European zoos
Aotus lemurinus griseimembra kept in 21 European zoos
Aotus nancymaae kept in 1 European zoo
Aotus trivirgatus kept in one European zoo
I was wondering if in the rest of the world the diversity is larger and if the species are kept seperated ( in the time that it was not known that there were more as 1 species a number of hybrids have been bred ) so which species are kept in America, Asia and ( maybe ) Australia ?
 
In South America one can see Peruvian night monkey (Aotus miconax), Nancy Ma's night monkey (Aotus nancymaae) and Black-headed night monkey (Aotus nigriceps) all at one place: Parque Zoológico Huachipa, outside Lima, Peru.

Three-striped night monkey (Aotus trivirgatus) are kept at Sao Paulo Zoo, Parque Zoológico Municipal Quinzinho de Barros (in Sorocabao, Brazil), and Buenos Aires Zoo among others.
 
Thank you Giant Eland, this is the information I am looking for, hopefully some-one in North America or Asia can provide some similar information !
 
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