Ateles marginatus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809

White-whiskered 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

Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 13, 97

Original name as described

Ateles marginatus

Other common names

Marimanda Spider Monkey · White-cheeked Spider Monkey · White-faced Spider Monkey · White-fronted Spider Monkey

Type material

MNHN-ZM-2005-903

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Brazil, Rio de Janeiro. Restricted by Kellogg and E. Goldman in 1944 to Cametá, Rio Tocantins.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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