Ateles E. Geoffroy 1806

Ateles E. Geoffroy 1806, Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 1: 262.

Type Species: Simia paniscus Linnaeus 1758

Synonyms: Ameranthropoides Montandon 1929; Montaneia Ameghino 1911; Paniscus Rafinesque 1815; Sapajou Lacépède 1799 .

Species and subspecies: 7 species with 7 subspecies:

Species Ateles belzebuth E. Geoffroy 1806

Species Ateles chamek Humboldt 1812

Species Ateles fusciceps Gray 1865

Subspecies Ateles fusciceps subsp. fusciceps Gray 1865

Subspecies Ateles fusciceps subsp. rufiventris Sclater 1872

Species Ateles geoffroyi Kuhl 1820

Subspecies Ateles geoffroyi subsp. geoffroyi Kuhl 1820

Subspecies Ateles geoffroyi subsp. grisescens Gray 1866

Subspecies Ateles geoffroyi subsp. ornatus Gray 1870

Subspecies Ateles geoffroyi subsp. vellerosus Gray 1866

Subspecies Ateles geoffroyi subsp. yucatanensis Kellogg and Goldman 1944

Species Ateles hybridus I. Geoffroy 1829

Species Ateles marginatus E. Geoffroy 1809

Species Ateles paniscus (Linnaeus 1758)

Discussion: All Ateles were considered conspecific by Hernández-Camacho and Cooper (1976:66).