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New World monkeys are the five families of primates that are found in the tropical regions of Mexico, Central and South America: Callitrichidae, Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae, and Atelidae. The five families are ranked together as the Ceboidea (/ səˈbɔɪdi.ə /), the only extant superfamily in the parvorder Platyrrhini (/ plætɪˈraɪnaɪ /).
Cacajao melanocephalus. Cacajao calvus. Cacajao ayresi. Cacajao hosomi. Uakari (UK: / wəˈkɑːri /, [2] US: / wɑː -/) [3] is the common name for the New World monkeys of the genus Cacajao. Both the English and scientific names are believed to have originated from indigenous languages.
The Nicaraguan spider monkey ( Ateles geoffroyi geoffroyi) is a subspecies of Geoffroy's spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central America. [ 1][ 3] It is native to Nicaragua and parts of Costa Rica closest to Nicaragua plus the Guanacaste peninsula. [ 1][ 4] The population in Guanacaste and much of Nicaragua is sometimes ...
A. trianguligera (Weinland, 1862) Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi), also known as the black-handed spider monkey or the Central American spider monkey, [3] is a species of spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central America, parts of Mexico and possibly a small portion of Colombia. There are at least five subspecies.
The marmosets (/ ˈmɑːrməˌzɛts, - ˌsɛts /), [3][4] also known as zaris or sagoin, are twenty-two New World monkey species of the genera Callithrix, Cebuella, Callibella, and Mico. All four genera are part of the biological family Callitrichidae. The term "marmoset" is also used in reference to Goeldi's marmoset, Callimico goeldii, which ...
A. niger (Thomas, 1880) A. quichua (Thomas, 1913) The mantled howler (Alouatta palliata) is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central and South America. It is one of the monkey species most often seen and heard in the wild in Central America. It takes its "mantled" name from the long guard hairs on its sides.
The capuchin monkeys (/ ˈkæpjʊ (t) ʃɪn /) are New World monkeys of the subfamily Cebinae. They are readily identified as the "organ grinder" monkey, and have been used in many movies and television shows. The range of capuchin monkeys includes some tropical forests in Central America and South America as far south as northern Argentina.
The black howler (Alouatta caraya) or black-and-gold howler, [2] is among the largest New World monkeys and a member of the Alouatta genus. [3][4] The black howler is distributed in areas of South America such as Paraguay, southern Brazil, eastern Bolivia, northern Argentina, and Uruguay. [5][6] This species is sexually dimorphic, with adult ...