Mexican spider monkey

The Mexican spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi vellerosus), is a subspecies of Geoffroy's spider monkey, a type of New World monkey,[1] from Mexico and Central America, native to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador. It is described as being critically endangered by the IUCN, due to an 80% population decline in the last 45 years, mostly due to a large amount of habitat loss.[2][3]

Mexican spider monkey[1]
At Miami MetroZoo, USA
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Atelidae
Genus: Ateles
Species:
A. geoffroyi
Subspecies:
A. g. vellerosus
Trinomial name
Ateles geoffroyi vellerosus
(Gray, 1866)
Synonyms
  • neglectus Reinhardt, 1873
  • pan Schlegel, 1876
  • tricolor Hollister, 1914

References
  1. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. Rosales-Meda, M.; Cortes-Ortíz, L.; Canales-Espinosa, D.; Marsh, L.K.; Rylands, A.B.; Mittermeier, R.A. (2020). "Ateles geoffroyi ssp. vellerosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T160872795A17979441. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T160872795A17979441.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  3. Rylands, A.; Groves, C.; Mittermeier, R.; Cortes-Ortiz, L. & Hines, J. (2006). "Taxonomy and Distributions of Mesoamerican Primates". New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates. pp. 56–66. ISBN 0-387-25854-X.


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