Biology:Hooded spider monkey

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Hooded spider monkey[1]
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Atelidae
Genus: Ateles
Species:
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. 1.0 1.1 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. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100401. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cuarón, A.D.; Morales, A.; Shedden, A.; Rodriguez-Luna, E.; de Grammont, P.C. (2008). "Ateles geoffroyi ssp. grisescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/2287/0. Retrieved 19 January 2012. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 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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