- Ornate spider monkey
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Ornate spider monkey[1] 
Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Atelidae Genus: Ateles Species: A. geoffroyi Subspecies: A. g. ornatus Trinomial name Ateles geoffroyi ornatus
(Gray, 1870)Synonyms - azuerensis Bole, 1937
- panamensis Kellogg and Golman, 1944
The ornate spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi ornatus), is a subspecies of Geoffroy's spider monkey, a type of New World monkey,[1] from Central America, native to Costa Rica and Panama.[2][3][4] Other common names for this subspecies include the brilliant spider monkey, the common spider monkey, the red spider monkey, the Panama spider monkey, and the Azuero spider monkey, the latter two of which were previously thought to be distinct subspecies panamensis and azuerensis, respectively.[1]
Female 22-month-old juvenile A. g. ornatus in a southern Costa Rica wildlife rehabilitation center. As a juvenile, her face is light colored, but it will darken upon sexual maturity.
References
- ^ a b c Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100402.
- ^ a b Cuarón, A.D., Morales, A., Shedden, A., Rodriguez-Luna, E. & de Grammont, P.C. (2008). Ateles geoffroyi ssp. ornatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 13 January 2009.
- ^ "Ateles geoffroyi ssp. panamensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2007. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2003. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/2281. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
- ^ "Ateles geoffroyi ssp. azuerensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2007. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2003. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/2286. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
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