Brachyteles Spix 1823 (woolly spider monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Atelidae

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

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

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

Subtaxa: Brachyteles arachnoides Brachyteles hypoxanthus

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Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Brachyteles in the database

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