Ateles marginatus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 (white-cheeked spider monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Atelidae

Full reference: E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. 1809. Description de deux singes d'Amérique sous les noms d'Ateles arachnoides et d'Ateles marginatus. Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 13:89-97

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

See also Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809

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

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

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

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