Lagothrix flavicauda

(von Humboldt, 1812)

Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Humboldt, A. von. 1812-08-07. Sur les singes du royaume de la Nouvelle-Grenade et des rives de l'Amazone. Pp. 336–344 in Humboldt, A. von and Bonpland, A. (eds.). Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée, faites dans l'Océan atlantique, dans l'intérieur du nouveau continent et dans la mer du sud pendant les années 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803. Premier volume. F. Schoell, Paris, 368 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62186534

Original name as described

Simia flavicauda

Other common names

Hendee's Woolly Monkey · Peruvian Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Peru, banks of the Amazon. Restricted by J. Fooden in 1963 to Puca Tambo, 1550 m, 80 km east of Chachapoyas, San Martín.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru

Taxonomy notes

moved from Oreonax to Lagothrix

Taxonomy notes citation

Ruiz-García, M., Pinedo-Castro, M., & Shostell, J. M. (2014). How many genera and species of woolly monkeys (Atelidae, Platyrrhine, Primates) are there? The first molecular analysis of Lagothrix flavicauda, an endemic Peruvian primate species. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 79, 179-198.

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000776

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.

Stentor flavicaudatus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

flavicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499302

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1812:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499302) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17666)
  2. Griffith (1821:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68343)
  3. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1829:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24379909) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60228)

Simia flavicauda

(von Humboldt, 1812)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

flavicauda

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

343

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62186534

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Humboldt (1812:343, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62186534) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69541)
  2. Humboldt (1812:355, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62186546) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50714)

mycetes flavicaudatus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

flavicaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

79

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523843

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1821:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523843) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  2. Lesson (1827:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207482) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Tschudi (1844:245, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7089020) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34348)
  4. Schmarda (1853:558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68334)

Stentor flavicaudus

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

flavicaudus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

122

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528879

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Schinz (1821:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528879) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)

Cebus flavicaudatus

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

flavicaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

44

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Fischer (1829:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Lagothrix (Oreonax) hendeei

O. Thomas, 1927

Family

Atelidae

Root name

hendeei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1927.1.1.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1604f50d-510c-4061-a0a8-600cfdf3149e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e62e4177-a671-4ba4-a4b4-47f6f7956d23

Authority page

156

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Lagothrix flavicauda

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Atelidae

Root name

flavicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

87

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:228, 229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Groves (1993:257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000776) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39924/192307818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Oreonax flavicauda

(Groves, 2005)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

flavicauda

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 (2013:547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

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