White-fronted Spider Monkey

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iWhite-fronted Spider Monkey
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Atelidae
Genus: Ateles
Species: A. belzebuth
Binomial name
Ateles belzebuth
É. Geoffroy, 1806

The White-fronted Spider Monkey (Ateles belzebuth) is a species of spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. They live in groups of 20 to 40 individuals, splitting into small parties of 1 to 9 when in activity.

[edit] References

  • Brazil Threatened Species Workshop participants (December 2002) (2003). Ateles belzebuth. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is vulnerable
  • Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 150. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
  • Neotropical Rainforest Mammals (1997), Louise Emmons and Francois Feer

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