Woolly monkey

Woolly monkey

Taxobox
name = Woolly monkeysMSW3 Groves|pages=151-152]


image_width = 220px
image_caption = Brown Woolly Monkey ("Lagothrix lagotricha")
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Atelidae
subfamilia = Atelinae
genus = "Lagothrix"
genus_authority = É. Geoffroy, 1812
type_species = "Simia lagotricha"
type_species_authority = Humboldt, 1812
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Lagothrix lagotricha" "Lagothrix cana" "Lagothrix lugens" "Lagothrix poeppigii"

The woolly monkeys are the genus "Lagothrix" of New World monkeys, usually placed in the family Atelidae.

There are four species of woolly monkey. All originate from the rainforests of South America. They have a prehensile tail and live in relatively large social groups.

One species of woolly monkey, the Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey, has recently been placed in the genus "Oreonax".

Species list

* Brown Woolly Monkey, "Lagothrix lagotricha"
* Gray Woolly Monkey, "Lagothrix cana"
** "Lagothrix cana cana"
** "Lagothrix cana tschudii"
* Colombian Woolly Monkey, "Lagothrix lugens"
* Silvery Woolly Monkey, "Lagothrix poeppigii"

References

External links

* [http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/links/lagothrix Primate Info Net "Lagothrix" Factsheets]


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