Geoffroy's Spider Monkey

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Geoffroy's Spider Monkey[1]

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Atelidae
Genus: Ateles
Species: A. geoffroyi
Binomial name
Ateles geoffroyi
Kuhl, 1820
Wild Geoffroy's Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi), Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica.
Wild Geoffroy's Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi), Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica.

Geoffroy's Spider Monkey, Ateles geoffroyi, also known as Black-handed Spider Monkey, is a species of spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central America.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 150-151. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ Cuarón et al (2003). Ateles geoffroyi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

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