Atelidae
The
Atelidae are one of the two
families of
New World monkeys now recognised. Formerly they were included in the family
Cebidae. The family includes the
howler monkeys, spider monkeys and
woolly monkeys.
Classification
- Family Atelidae: owl, howler and spider monkeys, titis, sakis and uakaris
- Subfamily Mycetinae
- Genus Alouatta
- Guatemalan Black Howler, Alouatta pigra
- Mantled Howler, Alouatta palliata
- Coiba Island Howler, Alouatta coibensis
- Venezuelan Red Howler, Alouatta seniculus
- Guyanan Red Howler, Alouatta macconnelli
- Bolivian Red Howler, Alouatta sara
- Red-handed Howler, Alouatta belzebul
- Amazon Black Howler, Alouatta nigerrima
- Red-and-Black Howler, Alouatta guariba
- Brown Howler, Alouatta caraya
- Subfamily Atelinae
- Genus Ateles
- Red-faced Spider Monkey, Ateles paniscus
- White-fronted Spider Monkey, Ateles belzebuth
- Peruvian Spider Monkey, Ateles chamek
- Brown Spider Monkey, Ateles hybridus
- White-cheeked Spider Monkey, Ateles marginatus
- Black-headed Spider Monkey, Ateles fusciceps
- Geoffroy's Spider Monkey, Ateles geoffroyi
- Genus Brachyteles
- Southern Muriqui, Brachyteles arachnoides
- Northern Muriqui, Brachyteles hypoxanthus
- Genus Lagothrix
- Brown Woolly Monkey, Lagothrix lagotricha
- Gray Woolly Monkey, Lagothrix cana
- Colombian Woolly Monkey, Lagothrix lugens
- Silvery Woolly Monkey, Lagothrix poeppigii
- Genus Oreonax
- Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey, Oreonax flavicauda