Brachyteles arachnoides

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1806)

Southern Muriqui

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Platyrrhini
Family : Atelidae
Subfamily : Atelinae
Genus : Brachyteles

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 7, 271

Original name as described

Ateles arachnoides

Other common names

Southern Woolly Spider Monkey

Type material

MNHN-ZM-2007-1475

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Brazil. Restricted by C. Vieira in 1944 to Rio de Janeiro.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

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