Brachyteles arachnoides

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1806)

Southern Muriqui

Also as Southern Woolly Spider Monkey.
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Location:Brazil, Sao Paulo state, Fazenda BacuryDate taken:1 February 2019Description:Also as Southern Woolly Spider Monkey.

Distribution :

SE Brazil in states of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Parana.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4728

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Parvorder: Platyrrhini
Family: Atelidae
Subfamily: Atelinae
Genus: Brachyteles

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1806. Mémoire sur les Singes à main imparfaite ou les Atéles. Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 7:260-273.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48532053

Original name as described

Ateles arachnoides

Other common names

Southern Woolly Spider Monkey

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1475

Type locality

Brazil. Restricted by C. Vieira in 1944 to Rio de Janeiro.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000774

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 11 names and synonyms.

Ateles arachnoides

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1806

Family

Atelidae

Root name

arachnoides

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Brazil: Rio de Janeiro.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1475

Authority page

271

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48532053

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1806:271, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48532053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68571)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1809:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29091988) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68936)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1812:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17666)
Virey (1819:278, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35135196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60385)
Ranzani (1820:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27804537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69437)
Desmarest (1821:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523839) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
Schinz (1821:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528882) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Lesson (1827:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Wagner (1839:204, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31071843) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38212)
Schlegel (1876:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)

Simia arachnoides:

von Humboldt, 1812

Family

Atelidae

Root name

arachnoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

354

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62186545

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Humboldt (1812:354, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62186545) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50714)

Ateleus arachnoides:

G. Fischer, 1813

Family

Atelidae

Root name

arachnoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

531

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109642

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1813:531, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49925)

Ateles arachnodes:

Illiger, 1815

Family

Atelidae

Root name

arachnodes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Brachyteles macrotarsus

von Spix, 1823

Family

Atelidae

Root name

macrotarsus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSM 87

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Habitat in sylvis plus minusve maritimis Provinciarum St. Pauli, Rio de Ianeiro, Espirito Santo el Bahiae.

Type locality

Brazil.

Authority page

36

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826925

Authority publication

Munich

Name usages

Spix (1823:36, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826925) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38733)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Eriodes arachnoides:

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1828

Family

Atelidae

Root name

arachnoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

160

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35009791

Authority publication

Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1828:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35009791) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69274)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1829:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24379918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60228)
Lesson (1842:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Flower & Lydekker (1891:716, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965931) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)

Cebus arachnoides:

J. B. Fischer, 1829

Family

Atelidae

Root name

arachnoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

38

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Fischer (1829:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Brachyteles arachnoides:

A. Murray, 1866

Family

Atelidae

Root name

arachnoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

321

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580317

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:321, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Gray (1871:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994562) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
Trouessart (1904:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422855) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Vieira (1944:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48874779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69819)
Corbet & Hill (1980:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Groves (1993:257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
Rylands, Schneider, Langguth, Mittermeier, Groves & Rodríguez-Luna (2000:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71834)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2993) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2993) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2993/191692658) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ateles eriodes

A. E. Brehm, 1876

Family

Atelidae

Root name

eriodes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

das Innere Brasiliens

Type locality

Brazil.

Authority page

188

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1008421

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Brachyteleus arachnoides:

D. G. Elliot, 1913

Family

Atelidae

Root name

arachnoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

liv

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602348

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Elliot (1913:liv, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

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