Family Atelidae Gray 1825 (monkey)
Mammalia - Primates - Atelidae
Parent taxon: Platyrrhini according to J. C. Opazo et al. 2006
See also Carroll 1988, Hartwig and Cartelle 1996, MacPhee and Horovitz 2002, Setoguchi and Rosenberger 1987 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Ateloidea, Carlocebus, Cebidae, Chilecebus, Homunculidae, Parvimico, Pitheciidae, Xenotrichidae
Subtaxa: Alouatta Alouattinae Ateles Atelinae Brachyteles Lagothrix
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
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