Northern Muriqui

Northern Muriqui

Taxobox | name = Northern Muriqui


status = CR
status_system = iucn3.1
trend = down
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Atelidae
genus = "Brachyteles"
species = "B. hypoxanthus"
binomial = "Brachyteles hypoxanthus"
binomial_authority = (Kuhl, 1820)

The Northern Muriqui, "Brachyteles hypoxanthus", is a muriqui (woolly spider monkey) species endemic to Brazil. It is found in the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro, Esp%C3%ADrito Santo, Minas Gerais and Bahia.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is critically endangered
*MSW3 Groves|pages=151
* [http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/ Infonatura]

External links

*ARKive - [http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Brachyteles_hypoxanthus/ images and movies of the Northern muriqui "(Brachyteles hypoxanthus)"]


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