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Brachyteles (woolly spider monkey)
Taxonomy
Brachyteles was named by Spix (1823). It is extant.
It was assigned to Brachytelina 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 Brachytelina by Meireles et al. (1999); to Atelinae by Hershkovitz (1974), Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Atelidae by Opazo et al. (2006).
Species
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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| 1823 | Brachyteles Spix |
| 1974 | Brachyteles Hershkovitz |
| 1999 | Brachyteles Meireles et al. p. 10 |
| 2005 | Brachyteles Wilson and Reeder |
| 2006 | Brachyteles 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. Brachyteles Spix 1823 [woolly spider monkey]
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Brachyteles arachnoides Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 [southern muriqui]
Brachyteles hypoxanthus Kuhl 1820
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available