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Ateles

Mammalia - Primates - Atelidae

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
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
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