Xenothrix mcgregori

E. E. Williams & Koopman, 1952

Jamaican Monkey

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Platyrrhini
Family : Pitheciidae
Subfamily : Callicebinae
Genus : Xenothrix

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Williams, E.E. and Koopman, K.F. 1952-03-03. West Indian fossil monkeys. American Museum Novitates 1546:1-16.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63364601

Original name as described

Xenothrix mcgregori

Type material

AMNH M-148198

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-148198

Type locality

Long Mile Cave, Trelawney Parish, Jamaica, British West Indies.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Jamaica

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000892

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Names and synonyms

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Xenothrix mcgregori

E. E. Williams & Koopman, 1952

Family

Pitheciidae

Root name

mcgregori

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-148198

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-148198

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63364601

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136515/17976302) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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