Ateles geoffroyi

Kuhl, 1820

Central American 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

Kuhl, H. 1820. Beiträge zur Zoologie und vergleichenden Anatomie. Hermannsche Buchhandlung, Frankfurt am Main, 212 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230784

Original name as described

Ateles Geoffroy

Other common names

Black-handed Spider Monkey · Geoffroy's Spider Monkey · Azuero Spider Monkey · Black-browed Spider Monkey · Geoffroy's Spider Monkey · Hooded Spider Monkey · Mexican Spider Monkey · Ornate Spider Monkey · Yucatán Spider Monkey

Type locality

type locality unknown. Restricted by Kellogg and E. Goldman in 1944 to San Juan del Norte (= Greytown), Nicaragua.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · Honduras · El Salvador · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000770

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Eriodes frontatus

(J. E. Gray, 1842)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

frontatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1842.10.30.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0b809b11-6470-44ab-be24-3b5b526000e5 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8da0080d-2e77-4953-90ef-b697c05786c0

Authority page

256

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324280

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Ateles vellerosus

J. E. Gray, 1866

Family

Atelidae

Root name

vellerosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.9.14.3, BMNH:Mamm:1845.11.2.2, BMNH:Mamm:1845.12.8.16

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/127680f9-9b4f-43b8-8b61-04d59f2b8afa https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/25244866-bd90-48d2-b659-ba43b9993865 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6698c8c7-de97-42c2-9b13-c2ec6f91f06a https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8452b11c-069e-4ba4-90d3-27586d5e351c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b14f3eb3-0dd6-4af5-bccd-7ac9ab99de51 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ff944e9c-6688-4c6b-ab91-cb956d02f151

Authority page

733

Authority page URI

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

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)

Ateles ornatus

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Atelidae

Root name

ornatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1850.1.26.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4851c639-6126-420e-8325-cbc34a9faa9e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ae8c83b2-78b7-4fca-8474-335b74cbf6d2

Authority page

44

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994561

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Ateles cucullatus

J. E. Gray, 1866

Family

Atelidae

Root name

cucullatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1865.12.8.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/100b0c1a-4c4d-4d06-8fcf-90b64f09f2e6 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/74591950-b17a-4042-98ff-7cf4a7e07415

Authority page

733

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Ateles grisescens

J. E. Gray, 1866

Family

Atelidae

Root name

grisescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1865.4.20.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/90235a79-a3bb-4b34-89c3-65b0c72b336a https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9bc668cc-0fd4-481b-8c13-898f536c97c2

Authority page

732

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497729

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Ateles azuerensis

Bole in Aldrich & Bole, 1937

Family

Atelidae

Root name

azuerensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CMNH 1235

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

149

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39693609

Authority publication

Scientific Publications of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Ateles melanochir

A. G. Desmarest, 1821

Family

Atelidae

Root name

melanochir

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-2005-904

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2005-904

Authority page

76

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523840

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Ateles pan

Schlegel, 1876

Family

Atelidae

Root name

pan

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.39082.a, RMNH.MAM.39082.b, RMNH.MAM.39083.a, RMNH.MAM.39083.b, RMNH.MAM.39084.a, RMNH.MAM.39084.b

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39082.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39082.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39083.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39083.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39084.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39084.b

Authority page

180

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895245

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

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

Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis

R. Kellogg & E. A. Goldman, 1944

Family

Atelidae

Root name

yucatanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:108531

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34735fdb8-9323-4d96-889b-2398e6f45969

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7311239

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Ateles geoffroyi panamensis

R. Kellogg & E. A. Goldman, 1944

Family

Atelidae

Root name

panamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:171489

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a0a2e8a4-8ece-480f-9af8-5fdeaa12041f

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7311244

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Ateles tricolor

Hollister, 1914

Family

Atelidae

Root name

tricolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:9427 (= USNM:MAMM:A8972)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37901fc3b-6b10-4847-9ad0-39a78325354c

Authority page

141

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55445072

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Ateles Geoffroyi

F. W. True, 1885

Family

Atelidae

Root name

geoffroyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

611

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306405

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. True (1885:611, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  2. Goodwin (1946:343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  6. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000770) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2279/191688782) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ateles geoffroyi frontatus

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Atelidae

Root name

frontatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

343

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Ateles geoffroyi ornatus

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Atelidae

Root name

ornatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

344

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  3. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Ateles geoffroyi geoffroyi

Groves, 2005

Family

Atelidae

Root name

geoffroyi

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 (2013:537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Ateles geoffroyi grisescens

Groves, 2005

Family

Atelidae

Root name

grisescens

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 (2013:537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Ateles geoffroyi vellerosus

Groves, 2005

Family

Atelidae

Root name

vellerosus

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 (2013:537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Ateles geoffroyi azuerensis

Mittermeier, Rylands, & D. E. Wilson, 2013

Family

Atelidae

Root name

azuerensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

537

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Ateles Geoffroy

Kuhl, 1820

Family

Atelidae

Root name

geoffroyi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

as_emended

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230784

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Ateles melanocheir

F. Cuvier in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1823

Family

Atelidae

Root name

melanocheir

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

pl. 64 (p. 1)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43945802

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1842:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)

Ateles Beelzebuth, Varietas triangulifera

D. F. Weinland, 1862

Family

Atelidae

Root name

trianguliferus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

206, 207

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55565109 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55565110

Authority publication

Zoologische Garten (Jena)

Ateles neglectus

J. T. Reinhardt, 1873

Family

Atelidae

Root name

neglectus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

150

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35774342

Authority publication

Videnskabelige meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Københaven

Name usages

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

Ateles belzebuth, var. trianguligera

Schlegel, 1876

Family

Atelidae

Root name

trianguligera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

181

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895246

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

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

Ateles melanocercus

Schlegel in Jentink, 1892

Family

Atelidae

Root name

melanocercus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum · not_usedasvalid

Authority page

43

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34999489

Authority publication

Muséum d'histoire naturelle des Pays-Bas

Ateles geoffroyi

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 2007

Family

Atelidae

Root name

geoffroyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

justified_emendation

Authority page

207

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34356217

Authority publication

Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature

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