Hooded spider monkey
Subspecies of mammal
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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]
| Hooded spider monkey[1] | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Family: | Atelidae |
| Genus: | Ateles |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | A. g. grisescens |
| Trinomial name | |
| Ateles geoffroyi grisescens (Gray, 1866) | |
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