Ornate spider monkey

The ornate spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi ornatus) is a subspecies of Geoffroy's spider monkey, a type of New World monkey,^[1] from Central America, native to Costa Rica and Panama.^[2][4] Other common names for this subspecies include the brilliant spider monkey, the common spider monkey, the red spider monkey, the Panama spider ape, and the Azuero spider monkey; the latter two of which were previously thought to be distinct subspecies, panamensis and azuerensis, respectively.^[1]

Female 22-month-old juvenile A. g. ornatus in a southern Costa Rica wildlife rehabilitation center. As a juvenile, her face is light colored, but it will darken upon sexual maturity.

Ornate spider monkey[1]
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[3]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Atelidae
Genus:	Ateles
Species:	A. geoffroyi
Subspecies:	A. g. ornatus
Trinomial name
Ateles geoffroyi ornatus (Gray, 1870)
Synonyms
azuerensis Bole, 1937 panamensis Kellogg and Golman, 1944