Ornate spider monkey
Ornate spider monkey[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Family: | Atelidae |
Genus: | Ateles |
Species: | A. geoffroyi |
Subspecies: | A. g. ornatus |
Trinomial name | |
Ateles geoffroyi ornatus (Gray, 1870) | |
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The ornate spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi ornatus), is a subspecies of Geoffroy's spider monkey, a type of New World monkey,[1] from Central America, native to Costa Rica and Panama.[2][3][4] Other common names for this subspecies include the brilliant spider monkey, the common spider monkey, the red spider monkey, the Panama spider monkey, and the Azuero spider monkey, the latter two of which were previously thought to be distinct subspecies panamensis and azuerensis, respectively.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Groves, C.P. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- 1 2 Cuarón, A.D., Morales, A., Shedden, A., Rodriguez-Luna, E. & de Grammont, P.C. (2008). "Ateles geoffroyi ssp. ornatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
- ↑ "Ateles geoffroyi ssp. panamensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2007. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2003. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
- ↑ "Ateles geoffroyi ssp. azuerensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2007. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2003. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
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External links
- http://www.azueroearthproject.org
- http://www.speciesconservation.org/projects/Azuero-Spider-Monkey/586
- http://environment.yale.edu/elti/
- http://prorena.research.yale.edu/home.htm
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