Hooded spider monkey

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]
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Atelidae
Genus:	Ateles
Species:	A. geoffroyi
Subspecies:	A. g. grisescens
Trinomial name
Ateles geoffroyi grisescens (Gray, 1866)
Synonyms
cucullatus Gray, 1866