Ateles geoffroyi Kuhl, 1820 . Beitr. Zool. Vergi. Anat., 1:26.

TYPE LOCALITY: Nicaragua, San Juan del Norte .

DISTRIBUTION: S Mexico to Panama.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I and U.S. ESA - Endangered as A. g. frontatus and A. g. panamensis only, otherwise Appendix II; IUCN - Vulnerable.

SYNONYMS: azuerensis, cucullatus, frontatus, grisescens, melanocercus, melanochir, neglectus, ornatus, pan, panamensis, rufiventris, trianguligera, tricolor, vellerosus, yucatanensis .