| Red-faced spider monkey[1] Temporal range: Pleistocene to recent[2]
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| Red-faced spider monkey in La Vallée des Singes, France | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Atelidae |
| Genus: | Ateles |
| Species: | A. paniscus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ateles paniscus | |
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| Red-faced spider monkey range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Simia paniscus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
The red-faced spider monkey (Ateles paniscus), also known as the Guiana spider monkey or red-faced black spider monkey, is a species of spider monkey found in the rain forests in northern South America.
The species faces issues with hunting and habitat loss, so is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Redlist.
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 151. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Ateles paniscus".
- ^ Mittermeier, R.A.; Boubli, J.P.; Urbani, B.; Régis, T.; de Melo, F.R. (2021). "Ateles paniscus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T2283A191691902. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T2283A191691902.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1758). Systema naturæ. Regnum animale (10th ed.). p. 26. Retrieved 19 November 2012.