Biology:Mexican spider monkey

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Mexican spider monkey[1]
Ateles geoffroyi vellerosus -Miami Zoo-8.jpg
At Miami MetroZoo, USA
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. vellerosus
Trinomial name
Ateles geoffroyi vellerosus
(Gray, 1866)
Synonyms
  • neglectus Reinhardt, 1873
  • pan Schlegel, 1876
  • tricolor Hollister, 1914

The Mexican spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi vellerosus), is a subspecies of Geoffroy's spider monkey, a type of New World monkey,[1] from Mexico and Central America, native to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador. It is described as being critically endangered by the IUCN, due to an 80% population decline in the last 45 years, mostly due to a large amount of habitat loss.[2][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=12100403. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Cuarón, A.D.; Morales, A.; Shedden, A.; Rodriguez-Luna, E.; de Grammont, P.C. (2008). "Ateles geoffroyi ssp. vellerosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/39923/0. Retrieved 19 January 2012. 
  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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