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Muriqui

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Muriquis^[1]

Northern muriqui, Brachyteles hypoxanthus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Infraorder:	Simiiformes
Family:	Atelidae
Subfamily:	Atelinae
Genus:	Brachyteles Spix, 1823
Type species
Brachyteles macrotarsus Spix, 1823
Species
Brachyteles arachnoides Brachyteles hypoxanthus

The muriquis, also known as woolly spider monkeys, are the monkeys of the genus Brachyteles.^[1] They are closely related to both the spider monkeys and the woolly monkeys.^[1]

Species[edit]

The two species are:^[2]

Genus **Brachyteles** – Spix, 1823 – two species
Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Southern muriqui	Brachyteles arachnoides (É. Geoffroy, 1806)	Brazil (Paraná, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais)	Size: Habitat: Diet:	CR
Northern muriqui	Brachyteles hypoxanthus (Kuhl, 1820)	Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais and Bahia.)	Size: Habitat: Diet:	CR

They are the two largest species of New World monkeys, and the northern species is one of the most endangered of all the world's monkeys.^[3]

The muriqui lives primarily in coffee estates in southeastern Brazil.^[4]^: 174 Males are the same size and weight as females.^[4]^: 175

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Groves, C. P. (2005). "Order Primates". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

^ Chaves, Paulo B.; Magnus, Tielli; Jerusalinsky, Leandro; Talebi, Maurício; Strier, Karen B.; et al. (December 2019). "Phylogeographic evidence for two species of muriqui (genus Brachyteles)". American Journal of Primatology. 81 (12): e23066. doi:10.1002/ajp.23066. hdl:10923/20562. PMID 31736121. S2CID 182008678.