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/28497730Original 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-beef96b20aa8Type 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
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