Atelinae is a subfamily of arachnids . [1] The main difference of this group is a long tail of a grasping type, capable of supporting the full weight of the animal’s body.
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 Ateles fusciceps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Representatives of the subfamily live in South and Central America from southern Mexico to central Brazil and Bolivia . These are daytime animals that spend almost all their time on trees. They can quickly move in crowns using their long, tenacious tail. This is one of the largest primates of the New World. Form groups, sometimes quite large. [one]
In the diet, mainly fruits, seeds and leaves, [1] [2] and fruits account for up to 80% of the diet. [1] The female brings offspring once every two to four years. There is usually one cub in the litter. Some species are hunted by eating their meat. Another threat to the population is habitat destruction, while many species are on the verge of extinction. [one]
Classification
Currently living:
- Rod Coats ( Ateles )
- White- faced Coata ( Ateles belzebuth )
- Peruvian Coata ( Ateles chamek )
- Colombian Coata ( Ateles hybridus )
- White-faced Coata ( Ateles marginatus )
- Blackhead Coata ( Ateles fusciceps )
- Coata Geoffroy ( Ateles geoffroyi )
- Red-faced Coata ( Ateles paniscus )
- Genus Arachnid monkeys ( Brachyteles )
- Arachnid monkey ( Brachyteles arachnoides )
- Ginger monkey ( Brachyteles hypoxanthus )
- Genus Woolly Monkey ( Lagothrix )
- Brown Woolly Monkey ( Lagothrix lagotricha )
- Gray Woolly Monkey ( Lagothrix cana )
- Colombian Woolly Monkey ( Lagothrix lugens )
- Silvery Woolly Monkey ( Lagothrix poeppigii )
- Genus Oreonax
- Yellowtail Monkey ( Oreonax flavicauda )
Extinct:
- Genus † Stirtonia
- † Stirtonia tatacoensis
- † Stirtonia victoriae
- Genus † Protopithecus
- † Protopithecus brasiliensis
- Genus † Caipora
- † Caipora bambuiorum
- Genus † Solimoea
- † Solimoea acrensis
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Robinson, John G., & Janson, Charles H. (1987), "Capuchins, Squirrel Monkeys and Atelines: Socioecological Convergence with Old World Primates", in Smuts, BB, Cheney, DL, Seyfarth, RM , Wrangham, RW, Struhsaker, TT (eds), Primate Societies , Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, p. 69–82., ISBN 0-226-76715-9
- ↑ Rosenberger, Alfred L. (1987), "Evolution of New World Monkeys", in Steve Jones; Martin, Robert D; Pilbeam, David R. (eds), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 209–216, ISBN 0-521-46786-1