Brachyteles hypoxanthus

(zu Wied-Neuwied, 1820)

Northern 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

Wied-Neuwied, M. zu. 1820. Reise nach Brasilien in den Jahren 1815 bis 1817. Erster Band. H. L. Brönner, Vienna, 376 pp.

Original name as described

Ateles hypoxanthus

Other common names

Northern Woolly Spider Monkey

Type material

RMNH.MAM.17688

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Brazil, Bahia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

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