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  • The Red-faced Spider Monkey, also known as Ateles paniscus, is a species of

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] A+formitch 2010

  • The Red-faced Spider Monkey, also known as Ateles paniscus, is a species of

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Ashcraft 2010

  • The Red-faced Spider Monkey, also known as Ateles paniscus, is a species of

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Ashcraft 2010

  • spider monkey known by the scientific name Ateles paniscus

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] Ashcraft 2010

  • In the Spider monkey ( 'Ateles') the leg is longer than the spine, and the arm than the leg; and, finally, in that remarkable Lemurine form, the Indri ( 'Lichanotus'), the leg is about as long as the spinal column, while the arm is not more than 11/18 of its length; the hand having rather less and the foot rather more, than one-third the length of the spinal column.

    Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • In the Spider monkey ( 'Ateles') the leg is longer than the spine, and the arm than the leg; and, finally, in that remarkable Lemurine form, the Indri ( 'Lichanotus'), the leg is about as long as the spinal column, while the arm is not more than 11/18 of its length; the hand having rather less and the foot rather more, than one-third the length of the spinal column.

    On the Relations of Man to the Lower Animals Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • Biodiversity is high and includes a number of primates such as black spider monkeys (Ateles paniscus), red-handed tamarins (Saguinus midas), and common squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus).

    Japurá-Solimoes-Negro moist forests 2008

  • Some notable mammals are white‑tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus, white‑lipped peccary Tayassu pecary, collared peccary Tayassu tajacu, Central American tapir Tapirus bairdii (VU), white‑face monkey Cebus capucinus and spider monkey Ateles geoffroyi, howler monkey Alouatta palliata, collared anteater Tamandua tetradactyla, jaguar Panthera onca (VU), margay Felis wiedii (VU), jaguarundi F. yagouaroundi and ocelot F. pardalis (VU).

    Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica 2008

  • I'd introduce him to Paul, but part of me feels that the octopus foresaw this genius of the Ateles genus coming from a mile away.

    U.S. Open Spider Monkey Tries To Predict Tennis Matches 2010

  • The tiny titi monkey (Callicebus moloch) also occurs here, and the gray-necked night monkey (Aotus infulatus) and spider monkey (Ateles marginatus) are endemic to this and the interfluve to the east.

    Tapajós-Xingu moist forests 2008

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