Hooded Spider Monkey

Taxobox
name = Hooded Spider MonkeyMSW3 Groves|id=12100401]


status = EN
status_system = iucn2.3
status_ref = IUCN2007|assessors=Ryland, A. et al|year=2000|id=2287|title=Ateles geoffroyi "ssp." grisescens |downloaded=2008-08-30]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Atelidae
genus = "Ateles"
species = "A. geoffroyi"
subspecies = "A. g. grisescens "
trinomial = "Ateles geoffroyi grisescens "
trinomial_authority = (Gray, 1866)
synonyms =
*"cucullatus" Gray, 1866

The Hooded Spider Monkey ("Ateles geoffroyi grisescens "), is a subspecies of Geoffroy's Spider Monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central America, native to Panama. It also might be found in a small portion of Colombia adjacent to Panama.cite book|title=New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates|chapter=Taxonomy and Distributions of Mesoamerican Primates|author=Rylands, A., Groves, C., Mittermeier, R., Cortes-Ortiz, L., and Hines, J.|year=2006|page=56–66|isbn=0-387-25854-X] In western Colombia and northeast Panama it is replaced by the Black-headed Spider Monkey, "A. fusciceps". In western Panama, it is replaced by another subspecies of Geoffroy's Spider Monkey, the Ornate Spider Monkey, "A. g. ornatus". The Hooded Spider Monkey has long, tawny fur.

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