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  4. ›orderPrimates
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  6. ›genusAteles
Ateles marginatus
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IUCN EN · Endangered

White-cheeked Spider Monkey

Ateles marginatus É.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809

Also calledAk yanaklı yünlü örümcek maymunu (tur) · Atele dalle basette bianche (ita) · Ateles marginatus (ita) · Atèle aux joues blanches (fra) · Atéle de Santarém (fra) · Coatá-da-testa-branca (por) · Coatá-de-testa-branca (por) · Cuamba (por) · Guatá (por) · Hvidkindet edderkoppeabe (dan) · Macaco Aranha (spa) · Macaco-aranha (por) · Macaco-aranha-de-cara-branca (por) · Mono Araña de Cara Blanca (spa)

First described in: Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris vol.13 p.97

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

distribution

Distribution: South of Lower Amazon, Rio Tapajós to Rio Tocantins (Brazil).

Order Primates

distribution

DISTRIBUTION: South of Lower Amazon, R Tapajós to Rio Tocantins.

Order Primates

activity

Activity patterns. Preliminary observations of White-whiskered Spider Monkeys in Cristalino State Park indicate an activity budget of ¢. 44 % traveling, 28 - 6 % resting, 12 - 2 % feeding, and 15 - 2 % engaged in other activities.

Atelidae

biology_ecology

Habitat. Primary lowland rainforest, and riparian, marsh, semi-deciduous, and dry savanna forest.

Atelidae

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2436644.