Ateles chamek

(von Humboldt, 1811)

Black Spider Monkey

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Platyrrhini
Family : Atelidae
Subfamily : Atelinae
Genus : Ateles

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Humboldt, A. von. 1811. Tableau synoptique des singes de l'Amérique. Pp. 353–363 in Humboldt, A. von and Bonpland, A. (eds.). Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée, faites dans l'Océan atlantique, dans l'intérieur du nouveau continent et dans la mer du sud pendant les années 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803. Premier volume. F. Schoell, Paris, 368 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62186544

Original name as described

Simia chamek

Other common names

Black-faced Black Spider Monkey · Black-faced Spider Monkey · Chamek Spider Monkey · Peruvian Spider Monkey

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Peru. Restricted by Kellogg and E. Goldman in 1944 to the Río Comberciato, affluent of the Río Urubamba, Cuzco, Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Peru · Bolivia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000768

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Ateles longimembris

J. A. Allen, 1914

Family

Atelidae

Root name

longimembris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-36909

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-36909

Authority page

651

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Simia chamek

(von Humboldt, 1811)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

chamek

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

353

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62186544

Authority publication

Paris

Ateles chamek

Lesson, 1842

Family

Atelidae

Root name

chamek

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

7

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  3. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000768) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41547/191685783) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ateles ater peruvianus

Lönnberg, 1940

Family

Atelidae

Root name

peruvianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

13

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

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