Taxonomy and Conservation Status
May 2007
Family Atelidae
| Alouatta palliata mexicana | Mexican howling monkey | CR A4c; B1ab(i,ii,iii) |
| Alouatta pigra | Black howling monkey | EN A4c |
| Ateles geoffroyi vellerosus Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis |
Mexican spider monkey Yucatán spider monkey |
CR A4c VU A4c |
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Total Taxa: 4 |
Note: This is presented as a working taxonomy and is not definitive.
The conservation status of each species is based on assessment summaries provided by the IUCN Red List. The Red List website offers more information on the threat categories listed here.
References
Groves, C. P. 2001. Primate Taxonomy. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.
Rylands, A. B., Groves, C. P., Mittermeier, R. A., Cortés-Ortiz, L. and Hines, J. J. H. 2006. Taxonomy and distributions of Mesoamerican primates. In: New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates, A. Estrada, P. A. Garber, M. Pavelka and L. Luecke (eds.), pp.29-79.
