Nicaraguan spider monkey

The Nicaraguan spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi geoffroyi) is a subspecies of Geoffroy's spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central America. It is native to Nicaragua and parts of Costa Rica. It is classified as critically endangered in the IUCN Red List.

Nicaraguan spider monkey
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[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. geoffroyi
Trinomial name
Ateles geoffroyi geoffroyi (Kuhl, 1820)
Synonyms
frontatus Gray, 1842 melanochir Desmarest, 1820 trianguligera Weinland, 1862

Taxonomy

The Nicaraguan spider monkey is a subspecies of Geoffroy's spider monkey. It was first described by German zoologist Heinrich Kuhl in 1820.^{[3][4][failed verification][5]} The population in Guanacaste peninsula in Costa Rica and much of Nicaragua is considered to be a separate subspecies frontatus by some of the zoologists including John Edward Gray.^{[4][failed verification][3]}

Distribution and habitat

The Nicaraguan spider monkey is native to Nicaragua and parts of Costa Rica.^[1] It is classified as critically endangered in the IUCN Red List due to continuous decline of habitats and the population.^[1]