Temporal range: Middle Miocene[citation needed] to present
The four extant atelid genera, from left to right: Ateles (spider monkey), Alouatta (howler monkey), Brachyteles (muriqui), Lagothrix (woolly monkey).
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Primates
Suborder:
Haplorhini
Infraorder:
Simiiformes
Parvorder:
Platyrrhini
Family:
Atelidae Gray, 1825
Type genus
Ateles
E. Geoffroy, 1806
Genera
Alouatta Ateles Brachyteles Lagothrix
The Atelidae are one of the five families of New World monkeys now recognised. It was formerly included in the family Cebidae. Atelids are generally larger monkeys; the family includes the howler, spider, woolly, and woolly spider monkeys (the latter being the largest of the New World monkeys). They are found throughout the forested regions of Central and South America, from Mexico to northern Argentina.
^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. pp. 148–152. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
The Atelidae are one of the five families of New World monkeys now recognised. It was formerly included in the family Cebidae. Atelids are generally larger...
and South America: Callitrichidae, Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae, and Atelidae. The five families are ranked together as the Ceboidea (/səˈbɔɪdi.ə/),...
belonging to the genus Ateles, part of the subfamily Atelinae, family Atelidae. Like other atelines, they are found in tropical forests of Central and...
families. Aotidae contains eleven night monkey species in a single genus. Atelidae contains twenty-three species divided between one genus in the howler monkey...
the genus Lagothrix of New World monkeys, usually placed in the family Atelidae. Both species in this genus originate from the rainforests of South America...
Platyrrhines, or New World monkeys, divided into the families Aotidae, Atelidae, Callitrichidae, Cebidae, and Pitheciidae and containing night, howler...
The Atelinae are a subfamily of New World monkeys in the family Atelidae, and includes the various spider and woolly monkeys. The primary distinguishing...
the groups; most New World monkeys have long tails, with those in the Atelidae family being prehensile, while Old World monkeys have non-prehensile tails...
World monkeys now recognised. Formerly, they were included in the family Atelidae. The family includes the titis, saki monkeys and uakaris. Most species...
Guyanan red howler has occurred. All howler monkeys belong to the family Atelidae and the infraorder Platyrrhini (New World monkeys). Sexual dimorphism in...
monkeys (douroucoulis) Family Pitheciidae: titis, sakis, and uakaris Family Atelidae: howler, spider, and woolly monkeys Parvorder Catarrhini Superfamily Cercopithecoidea:...
Previously classified in the family Cebidae, they are now placed in the family Atelidae. They are primarily folivores but also significant frugivores, acting as...
squirrel monkeys and capuchins. The other two species belong to the family Atelidae, the family containing the howler monkeys, spider monkeys, woolly monkeys...
"friction pad". New World monkeys. Many New World monkeys in the family Atelidae, which includes howler monkeys, spider monkeys and woolly monkeys, have...
species of the Alouatta genus that have been identified and is in the Atelidae family. Because of this species' sexual dimorphism, the taxon for the black...
Pediculus shaeffi. Various New World monkeys in the families Cebidae and Atelidae host Pediculus mjobergi. "Pediculus". Integrated Taxonomic Information...
monkeys (douroucoulis) Family Pitheciidae: titis, sakis, uakaris Family Atelidae: howler, spider, and woolly monkeys Parvorder Catarrhini Old World anthropoids...
black-headed spider monkey and Geoffroy's spider monkey all belong to the family Atelidae. The white-faced capuchins and Central American squirrel monkey belong...
"Photopigments and colour vision in New World monkeys from the family Atelidae". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 268 (1468): 695–702. doi:10.1098/rspb...
monkeys, and they belong to four families. Five species belong to the family Atelidae, which includes the howler monkeys, spider monkeys, woolly monkeys and...
moving other genera from Cebidae into the families Aotidae, Pitheciidae and Atelidae. The most recent classification of New World monkeys again splits the callitrichids...
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