Lagothrix lagotricha

Familia: Atelidae
Subfamilia: Atelinae
Genus: Lagothrix
Species: Lagothrix lagotricha

Lagothrix lagotricha (Humboldt, 1812)

Type locality: Colombia, Úapes, Rio Guaviare.

Remarks: Fooden (1963) recognized four subspecies (L. l. lagothricha, L. l. poeppigii, L. l. cana, L. l. lugens); divided into four species with one subspecies (L. cana tschudii) by Groves (2001, 2005); restored as one species by Ruiz-García et al. (2014).

• Simia lagotricha Humboldt in Humboldt & Bonpland, 1812: 322 (protonym)
• Simia lagothricha Humboldt in Humboldt & Bonpland, 1812: 354 (spelling variant of S. lagotricha)
• Lagothrix Humboldtii É. Geoffroy in Humboldt & Bonpland, 1812: 354 (renaming of S. lagothricha)

• Humboldt, A. & Bonpland, A. "1811". Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland. Partie II. Observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée. Vol I. Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée faites dans l'Océan Atlantique, dans l'intérieur du Nouveau Continent et dans la Mer du Sud, pendant les années 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803. F. Schoell & G. Dufour: Paris. BnF Gallica Reference page. 

• Fooden, J. 1963. A Revision of the Woolly Monkeys (Genus Lagothrix). Journal of Mammalogy 44(2): 213–247. DOI: 10.2307/1377454
• Groves, C.P. 2001. Primate taxonomy. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 1-56098-872-X Reference page. 
• Groves, C.P. 2005. Order Diprotodontia, pp. 43–70; Order Primates, pp. 111–184. In Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds) Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Third edition. Vol. I. Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. Reference page. 
• Ruiz-García, M.; Pinedo-Castro, M.; Shostell, J.M. 2014: How many genera and species of woolly monkeys (Atelidae, Platyrrhine, Primates) are there? The first molecular analysis of Lagothrix flavicauda, an endemic Peruvian primate species. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 79: 179-198. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.05.034 Reference page. 

• Lagothrix lagotricha in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

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