Definition of Genus ateles

1. Noun. Spider monkeys.

Exact synonyms: Ateles
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cebidae, Family Cebidae
Member holonyms: Ateles Geoffroyi, Spider Monkey

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ateles

genus Aspidiotus
genus Aspidistra
genus Aspidophoroides
genus Aspis
genus Asplenium
genus Astacus
genus Aster
genus Astilbe
genus Astragalus
genus Astrantia
genus Astreus
genus Astroloma
genus Astronium
genus Astrophyton
genus Astropogon
genus Ateles
genus Athene
genus Atherinopsis
genus Atherurus
genus Athrotaxis
genus Athyrium
genus Atrichornis
genus Atriplex
genus Atropa
genus Attalea
genus Atticus
genus Aucuba
genus Aulacorhyncus
genus Aulostomus
genus Aureolaria

Literary usage of Genus ateles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History by Taylor and Francis, William Jardine (1854)
"Of the genus Ateles, the four-fingered Spider Monkeys, one species is found only in the Guiana district, north of the Amazon and Bio Negro. ..."

2. The Empire of Brazil at the Universal Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia by Brazil (1876)
"... or prehensile monkeys, belong to the genus Ateles, the principal species are: Ateles marginatus, and A. paniscus. ..."

3. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1838)
"... length of his limbs, with four fingers and a prehensile tail,—in fact a species of the American genus Ateles, to which we have already made allusion. ..."

4. Transactions by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1863)
"... opening is more decided than in any old-world monkey whatever, but there are exceptions. These are certain species of the genus Ateles, for instance, ..."

5. Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1863)
"... opening is more decided than in any old-world monkey whatever, but there are exceptions. These are certain species of the genus Ateles, for instance, ..."

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