Lagothrix Geoffroy (woolly monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Atelidae

Synonym: Gastrimargus Spix 1823

Parent taxon: Atelidae according to J. C. Opazo et al. 2006

See also Fooden 1963, Hershkovitz 1974, Meireles et al. 1999 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Alouatta, Alouattinae, Ateles, Atelinae, Brachyteles

Subtaxa: Lagothrix (Oreonax) Lagothrix cana Lagothrix flavicauda Lagothrix lagotricha Lagothrix lugens Lagothrix poeppigii

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Type: Simia lagotricha

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Cocha Cashu Biological Station (Quaternary of Peru)

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