Muriquis[1]
Northern muriqui,
Brachyteles hypoxanthus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Atelidae
Subfamily: Atelinae
Genus: Brachyteles
Spix, 1823
Type species
Brachyteles macrotarsus
Spix, 1823
Species

Brachyteles arachnoides
Brachyteles hypoxanthus

The muriquis, also known as woolly spider monkeys, are the monkeys of the genus Brachyteles.[1] They are closely related to both the spider monkeys and the woolly monkeys.[1]

Species

The two species are:[2]

Genus Brachyteles – Spix, 1823 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Southern muriqui

Brachyteles arachnoides
(É. Geoffroy, 1806) 		Brazil (Paraná, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais)
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 CR 


Northern muriqui

Brachyteles hypoxanthus
(Kuhl, 1820) 		Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais and Bahia.)
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 CR 



They are the two largest species of New World monkeys, and the northern species is one of the most endangered of all the world's monkeys.[3]

The muriqui lives primarily in coffee estates in southeastern Brazil.[4]: 174  Males are the same size and weight as females.[4]: 175 

References

  1. ^ a b c Groves, C. P. (2005). "Order Primates". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Chaves, Paulo B.; Magnus, Tielli; Jerusalinsky, Leandro; Talebi, Maurício; Strier, Karen B.; et al. (December 2019). "Phylogeographic evidence for two species of muriqui (genus Brachyteles)". American Journal of Primatology. 81 (12): e23066. doi:10.1002/ajp.23066. hdl:10923/20562. PMID 31736121. S2CID 182008678.
  3. ^ Chaves, Paulo B.; Alvarenga, Clara S.; Possamai, Carla de B.; Dias, Luiz G.; Boubli, Jean P.; Strier, Karen B.; Mendes, Sérgio L.; Fagundes, Valéria (3 June 2011). "Genetic diversity and population history of a critically endangered primate, the northern muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus)". PLOS ONE. 6 (6): e20722. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...620722C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020722. PMC 3108597. PMID 21694757.
  4. ^ a b Richard Wrangham & Dale Peterson (1997). Demonic Male: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence. Bloomsbury.

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