Ateles fusciceps

J. E. Gray, 1866

Brown-headed 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

Gray, J.E. 1866-04. Notice of some new species of spider monkeys (Ateles) in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865(3):732-733.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497730

Original name as described

Ateles fusciceps

Other common names

Black-headed Spider Monkey · Colombian Black Spider Monkey

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.35

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/54c3623d-2ae1-422e-ae34-4c4c0d31f07e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9804c32e-8b17-4f83-9691-beef96b20aa8

Type locality

South America. Restricted by Kellogg and E. Goldman in 1944 to Ecuador, Hacienda Chinipamba, near Peñaherrera, Imbabura Province at 1500 m.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Panama · Colombia · Ecuador

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000769

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 robustus

J. A. Allen, 1914

Family

Atelidae

Root name

robustus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-32354

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-32354

Authority page

652

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Ateles fusciceps

J. E. Gray, 1866

Family

Atelidae

Root name

fusciceps

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.35

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/54c3623d-2ae1-422e-ae34-4c4c0d31f07e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9804c32e-8b17-4f83-9691-beef96b20aa8

Authority page

733

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497730

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #135446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #135446) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000769) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/135446/191687087) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ateles rufiventris

P. L. Sclater, 1872

Family

Atelidae

Root name

rufiventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1876.1.31.24

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/330c8fef-7888-4662-85dc-e27f8180dbbd https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9465ebf2-b46d-4c6c-b99b-300cecd09593

Authority page

688

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28612142

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

True (1885:611, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Montaneia anthropomorpha

(F. Ameghino, 1910)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

anthropomorphus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FBUH MAM-1376

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

317-318

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires

Ateles dariensis

E. A. Goldman, 1915

Family

Atelidae

Root name

dariensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:179044

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f8b4cacf-3cf2-4267-88f5-86ccb0376681

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3338614

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Ateles fusciceps fusciceps

Groves, 2005

Family

Atelidae

Root name

fusciceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Ateles fusciceps rufiventris

Groves, 2005

Family

Atelidae

Root name

rufiventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

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