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Ateles
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).
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
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
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1806 | Ateles Geoffroy p. 262 |
| 1811 | Ateles Illiger p. 69 |
| 1974 | Ateles Hershkovitz |
| 1999 | Ateles Meireles et al. p. 10 |
| 2005 | Ateles Wilson and Reeder |
| 2006 | Ateles Opazo et al. p. 277 |
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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]
Ateles fusciceps rufiventris Sclater 1872
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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
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| 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
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 |
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| Holocene | Peru | A. paniscus (21689) | |
| Holocene | Brazil (Districto Agropecura) | A. paniscus (21687) | |
| Holocene | Panama | A. geoffroyi (21691) |