Ateles geoffroyi geoffroyi

Taxobox
name = "Ateles geoffroyi geoffroyi"MSW3 Groves|id=12100400]


status = LC
status_system = iucn2.3
status_ref = IUCN2007|assessors=Primate Specialist Group|year=1996|id=43901|title=Ateles geoffroyi "ssp." geoffroyi |downloaded=2008-08-31]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Atelidae
genus = "Ateles"
species = "A. geoffroyi"
subspecies = "A. g. geoffroyi"
trinomial = "Ateles geoffroyi geoffroyi"
trinomial_authority = (Kuhl, 1820)
synonyms =
*"frontatus" Gray, 1842
*"melanochir" Desmarest, 1820
*"trianguligera" Weinland, 1862

"Ateles geoffroyi geoffroyi" is a subspecies of Geoffroy's Spider Monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central America. It is native to Nicaragua and parts of Costa Rica closest to Nicaragua plus the Guanacaste peninsula.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] The population in Guanacaste and much of Nicaragua is sometimes considered to be a separate subspecies, "A. g. frontatus". But other authorities consider "A. g. frontatus" to be a synonym of "A. g. geoffroyi".

Its arms, thighs, back and chest are grayish or brownish. Its hands and feet are black. Its elbows, knees, lower arms and legs may or may not be black. It has a gold, yellow or buff abdomen and a black face with light eye rings.

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