ATELIDAE, Gray, 1825

Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands & Don E. Wilson, 2013, Atelidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 3 Primates, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 484-549 : 484

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5727205
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6585328
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treatment provided by	Conny
scientific name	ATELIDAE
status

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Family ATELIDAE View in CoL

(HOWLERS, SPIDER AND WOOLLY MONKEYS AND MURIQUIS)

• Medium-sized to large monkeys with long limbs or shorter limbs and more robust, howlers with enlarged voice-box and head set low on shoulders (hunched), dense and woolly or long and coarse fur, and long, strong, prehensile tail.

• 80-160 cm. View Figure

• Neotropical Region View Figure

• Humid, lowland, submontane and montane, deciduous, and semi-deciduous forests.

• 5 genera, 25 species, 42 taxa.

• 4 species Critically Endangered, 8 species Endangered, 5 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.