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Ateles

Osteichthyes - Primates - Atelidae

Taxonomy
Ateles was named by Geoffroy (1806). It is extant.

It was assigned to Quadrumana by Illiger (1811); to Atelini by Meireles et al. (1999); to Atelinae by Hershkovitz (1974), Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Atelidae by Opazo et al. (2006).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2007-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1806Ateles Geoffroy p. 262
1811Ateles Illiger p. 69
1974Ateles Hershkovitz
1999Ateles Meireles et al. p. 10
2005Ateles Wilson and Reeder
2006Ateles Opazo et al. p. 277

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderPlatyrrhiniGeoffroy 1812
familyAtelidaeGray 1825
genusAtelesGeoffroy 1806

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Ateles Geoffroy 1806
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Ateles belzebuth Geoffroy 1806
Ateles chamek Humboldt 1811 [black-faced spider monkey]
Ateles fusciceps Gray 1866 [black-headed spider monkey]
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Ateles fusciceps robustus Allen 1914 [Colombian black spider monkey]
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Invalid names: Ateles dariensis Goldman 1915 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Ateles vellerosus Sclater 1871 [replaced]
Ateles geoffroyi Kuhl 1820 [black-handed spider monkey]
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Ateles geoffroyi vellerosus Gray 1866 [Mexican spider monkey]
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Invalid names: Ateles neglectus Reinhardt 1873 [synonym], Ateles tricolor Hollister 1914 [synonym]
Ateles hybridus Geoffroy 1829
Ateles marginatus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 [white-cheeked spider monkey]
Ateles paniscus Linnaeus 1758 [red-faced spider monkey]
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Invalid names: Ateles ater Cuvier 1823 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:27:51
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:27:51
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru A. paniscus (21689)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) A. paniscus (21687)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama A. geoffroyi (21691)