Yucatan spider monkey
| Yucatan spider monkey[1] | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Family: | Atelidae |
| Genus: | Ateles |
| Species: | A. geoffroyi |
| Subspecies: | A. g. yucatanensis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis (Kellogg and Goldman, 1944) | |
The Yucatan spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis), is a subspecies of Geoffroy's spider monkey, a type of New World monkey,[1] from Mexico, Guatemala and Belize.[2][3] It has paler fur than the Mexican Spider Monkey.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cuarón, A.D., Morales, A., Shedden, A., Rodriguez-Luna, E. & de Grammont, P.C. (2008). "Ateles geoffroyi ssp. yucatanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rylands, A., Groves, C., Mittermeier, R., Cortes-Ortiz, L., and Hines, J. (2006). "Taxonomy and Distributions of Mesoamerican Primates". New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates. pp. 56–66. ISBN 0-387-25854-X.