Ateles chamek Humboldt 1811 (black-faced spider monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Atelidae

In the same text that this taxon is named, it appears to be treated as synonymous with Ateles pentadactylus.

Alternative combination: Simia chamek

Full reference: A. Humboldt. 1811. Tableau synoptique des singes de l'Amérique . Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée. Tome 1 / , faites dans l'Océan Atlantique, dans l'intérieur du Nouveau Continent et dans la Mer du Sud, pendant les années 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803 353-363

Belongs to Ateles according to D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder 2005

See also Humboldt 1811 and Lesson 1840

Sister taxa: Ateles belzebuth, Ateles fusciceps, Ateles geoffroyi, Ateles hybridus, Ateles marginatus, Ateles paniscus

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ateles chamek in the database

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