Taxonomy and Conservation Status
April 2007
Family Callitrichidae
| Saguinus geoffroyi | Geoffroy's tamarin | LC |
Family Cebidae
| Saimiri oerstedii oerstedii | Black-crowned Cent. Am. squirrel monkey | EN B1ab(i,ii,iii) |
| Cebus capucinus capucinus Cebus capucinus imitator |
White-faced capuchin Panamanian white-thr. capuchin |
LC LC |
Family Aotidae
| Aotus zonalis | Panamanian night monkey | DD |
Family Atelidae
| Alouatta palliata aequatorialis Alouatta palliata coibensis Alouatta palliata palliata Alouatta palliata trabeata |
Ecuadorian mantled howling monkey Coiba Island howling monkey Golden-mantled howling monkey Azuero howling monkey |
LC VU D2 LC CR B1+2abcde, C2a |
| Ateles fusciceps rufiventris | Colombian black spider monkey | VU A1c, B1+2c |
| Ateles geoffroyi azuerensis Ateles geoffroyi grisescens |
Azuero spider monkey Hooded spider monkey |
CR B1+2abcde, C2a EN B1+2abcde, C2a |
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Total Taxa: 12 |
Note: This is presented as a working taxonomy and is not definitive.
The conservation status of each species is based on assessment summaries provided by the IUCN Red List. The Red List website offers more information on the threat categories listed here.
References
Groves, C. P. 2001. Primate Taxonomy. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.
Rylands, A. B., Groves, C. P., Mittermeier, R. A., Cortés-Ortiz, L. and Hines, J. J. H. 2006. Taxonomy and distributions of Mesoamerican primates. In: New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates, A. Estrada, P. A. Garber, M. Pavelka and L. Luecke (eds.), pp.29-79.
