Ornate spider monkey

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Ornate spider monkey [1]
Geoffroy's spider monkey (70620).jpg
CITES Appendix I (CITES) [3]
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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. ornatus
Trinomial name
Ateles geoffroyi ornatus
(Gray, 1870)
Synonyms
  • azuerensis Bole, 1937
  • panamensis Kellogg and Golman, 1944

The ornate spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi ornatus) is a subspecies of Geoffroy's spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, [1] from Central America, native to Costa Rica and Panama. [2] [4] Other common names for this subspecies include the brilliant spider monkey, the common spider monkey, the red spider monkey, the Panama spider ape, and the Azuero spider monkey; the latter two of which were previously thought to be distinct subspecies, panamensis and azuerensis, respectively. [1]

Female 22-month-old juvenile A. g. ornatus in a southern Costa Rica wildlife rehabilitation center. As a juvenile, her face is light colored, but it will darken upon sexual maturity. Juvenile spider monkey, Costa Rica.JPG
Female 22-month-old juvenile A. g. ornatus in a southern Costa Rica wildlife rehabilitation center. As a juvenile, her face is light colored, but it will darken upon sexual maturity.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN   0-801-88221-4. OCLC   62265494.
  2. 1 2 Solano-Rojas, D.; Cortes-Ortíz, L.; Méndez-Carvajal, P.G. (2020). "Ateles geoffroyi ssp. ornatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T2289A17979560. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T2289A17979560.en .
  3. ↑ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  4. ↑ Méndez-Carvajal, P.G.; Cortes-Ortíz, L. (2021) [errata version of 2020 assessment]. "Ateles geoffroyi ssp. azuerensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T2286A195990183. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T2286A195990183.en .


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