Southern Muriqui

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iSouthern Muriqui
Conservation status
Endangered (EN)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Atelidae Genus: Brachyteles Species: B. arachnoides
Binomial name
Brachyteles arachnoides (É. Geoffroy, 1806)

The Southern Muriqui, Brachyteles arachnoides, is a muriqui (woolly spider monkey) species endemic to Brazil. It is found in the Brazilian states of Paraná, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais. This New World monkey is known locally as Mono Carvoeiro, which translates to Charcoal Monkey.

[edit] References

• Rylands et al (2003). Brachyteles arachnoides. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is endangered
• Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 151. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
• Infonatura

[edit] External links

• ARKive - images and movies of the Southern Muriqui (Brachyteles arachnoidesana)
• Pró-Muriqui Association - Conservation Research of southern muriqui (Brachyteles arachnoidesana)