''Insulacebus'' is an extinct monotypic

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

New World monkey New World monkeys are the five families of primates that are found in the tropical regions of Mexico, Central and South America: Callitrichidae, Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae, and Atelidae. The five families are ranked together as the Ceboidea ...

found on the island of Hispaniola from

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deposits. Fossils of the

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''Insulacebus toussaintiana'' have been recovered from the Plain of Formon, Department du Sud, southwestern Haiti. The body mass of the monkey was estimated between . The dentally primitive ''I. toussaintiana'' was likely derived from a fauna that was evolving on the mainland before the Miocene monkey bed of the Honda Group of central Colombia, and stems from a pre-Middle Miocene colonization from the South American mainland.

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Night monkeys Prehistoric monkeys Holocene extinctions Monotypic prehistoric primate genera Prehistoric primate genera Prehistoric mammals of North America Endemic fauna of Hispaniola Extinct animals of Haiti Mammals of Haiti Mammals of Hispaniola Fossil taxa described in 2011 {{paleo-primate-stub

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