Hooded spider monkey

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Hooded spider monkey [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Atelidae
Genus: Ateles
Species:
A. geoffroyi
Subspecies:
A. g. grisescens
Trinomial name
Ateles geoffroyi grisescens
(Gray, 1866)
Synonyms
  • cucullatus Gray, 1866

The hooded spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi grisescens) is a subspecies of Geoffroy's spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, [1] from Central America, native to Panama. [2] It also might be found in a small portion of Colombia adjacent to Panama. [2] [3] In western Colombia and northeast Panama it is replaced by the Black-headed spider monkey, A. fusciceps. [3] In western Panama, it is replaced by another subspecies of Geoffroy's Spider Monkey, the Ornate spider monkey, A. g. ornatus. [3] The Hooded spider monkey has long, tawny fur. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Groves, C. P. (2005). "Order Primates". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 150–151. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
  2. 1 2 3 Méndez-Carvajal, P.; Cortes-Ortíz, L. (2020). "Ateles geoffroyi ssp. grisescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T2287A17979753. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Rylands, A.; Groves, C.; Mittermeier, R.; Cortes-Ortiz, L. & Hines, J. (2006). "Taxonomy and Distributions of Mesoamerican Primates". New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates. pp. 56–66. ISBN   0-387-25854-X.
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