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=== Diet === Night monkeys are primarily [[frugivorous]], as fruits are easily distinguished through the use of olfactory cues,<ref name="Fernández-Duque-2010"/> but leaf and insect consumption has also been observed in the cathemeral night monkey species ''A. azare''.<ref name="Ferndandez-Duque-2012" /> A study conducted by Wolovich et al., indicated that juveniles and females were much better at catching both crawling and flying insects than adult males.<ref name="Wolovich-2007">{{Cite journal|last1=Wolovich|first1=Christy Kaitlyn|last2=Evans|first2=Sian|date=December 2007|title=Sociosexual Behavior and Chemical Communication of ''Aotus nancymaae''|journal=International Journal of Primatology|volume=28|issue=6|pages=1299–1313|doi=10.1007/s10764-007-9228-3|s2cid=38645815|issn=0164-0291}}</ref> In general, the technique used by night monkeys in insect capturing is to use the palm of the hand to flatten a prey insect against a tree branch and then proceed to consume the carcass.<ref name="Wolovich-2007" /> During the winter months or when food sources are reduced, night monkeys have also been observed foraging on flowers such as ''Tabebuia heptaphylla'', however this does not represent a primary food source.<ref name="Ferndandez-Duque-2012" />
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