Ateles paniscus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Red-faced 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

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033818

Original name as described

Simia paniscus

Other common names

Guianan Spider Monkey · Red-faced Spider Monkey

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

South America, Brazil. Restricted by É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1803 to French Guiana.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000773

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.

Simia paniscus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

paniscus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033818

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

Cuvier (1797:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)

Ateles pentadactylus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1806

Family

Atelidae

Root name

pentadactylus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

269

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48532051

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cebus Paniscus

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

paniscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

46

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872843

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872843) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)

Sapajou paniscus

(Daudin, 1802)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

paniscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

146

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033396

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Daudin (1802:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Ateles Paniscus

Illiger, 1815

Family

Atelidae

Root name

paniscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Lesson (1827:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207479) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Cuvier (1842:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  4. Lesson (1842:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  8. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000773) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2283/191691902) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ateles subpentadactylus

A. G. Desmarest, 1821

Family

Atelidae

Root name

subpentadactylus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

73

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523837

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Ateles ater

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

Family

Atelidae

Root name

ater

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 64 (p. 1)

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:48, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207479) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Cuvier (1842:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  3. Lesson (1842:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. True (1885:611, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  5. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Cebus Paniscus Cayennensis

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

cayennensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

39

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

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

Cebus Paniscus Surinamensis

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

surinamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

39

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

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

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