Brachyteles Spix 1823 (woolly spider monkey)
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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
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Brachyteles in the database
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