Southern Muriqui

Southern Muriqui

Taxobox
name = Southern MuriquiMSW3 Groves|pages=151]
status = EN
trend = down
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Rylands "et al"|year=2003|id=2993|title=Brachyteles arachnoides|downloaded=11 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is endangered]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Atelidae
genus = "Brachyteles"
species = "B. arachnoides"
binomial = "Brachyteles arachnoides"
binomial_authority = (É. Geoffroy, 1806)

The Southern Muriqui, "Brachyteles arachnoides", is a muriqui (woolly spider monkey) species endemic to Brazil. It is found in the Brazilian states of Paraná, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais. This New World monkey is known locally as Mono Carvoeiro, which translates to Charcoal Monkey.

The Southern Muriqui is distinguished from the northern species, "B. hypoxanthus", by a black face mottled with pink, while the southern species, "B. arachnoides", has a solid black face.

There exists only two captive populations of the Southern Muriqui. They are housed at the zoo of Curitiba and at the zoo of Sorocaba, Brazil. The latter is located 80 Km from the only long term investigation of the Southern Muriqui in continuous forest, the Carlos Botelho State Park.

References

External links

*ARKive - [http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Brachyteles_arachnoides/ images and movies of the Southern Muriqui "(Brachyteles arachnoidesana)"]
*Pró-Muriqui Association - [http://www.promuriqui.org.br/ Conservation Research of southern muriqui "(Brachyteles arachnoides)"]
* [http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/ Infonatura]


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