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Brachyteles (woolly spider monkey)

Osteichthyes - Primates - Atelidae

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).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Brachyteles Spix
1974Brachyteles Hershkovitz
1999Brachyteles Meireles et al. p. 10
2005Brachyteles Wilson and Reeder
2006Brachyteles 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
genusBrachytelesSpix 1823

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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979
Collections
No collection or age range data are available