Hooded spider monkey [1] | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Atelidae |
Genus: | Ateles |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | A. g. grisescens
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Trinomial name | |
Ateles geoffroyi grisescens (
Gray, 1866)
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The hooded spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi grisescens) is a subspecies of Geoffroy's spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, [1] from Central America, native to Panama. [2] It also might be found in a small portion of Colombia adjacent to Panama. [2] [3] In western Colombia and northeast Panama it is replaced by the Black-headed spider monkey, A. fusciceps. [3] In western Panama, it is replaced by another subspecies of Geoffroy's Spider Monkey, the Ornate spider monkey, A. g. ornatus. [3] The Hooded spider monkey has long, tawny fur. [3]