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Definition of Genus ateles
1. Noun. Spider monkeys.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cebidae, Family Cebidae
Member holonyms: Ateles Geoffroyi, Spider Monkey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ateles
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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