The ornate spider monkey (''Ateles geoffroyi ornatus'') is a subspecies of Geoffroy's spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, from

Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...

, native to

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

and

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...

. Other common names for this subspecies include the brilliant spider monkey, the common spider monkey, the red spider monkey, the Panama spider ape, and the Azuero spider monkey; the latter two of which were previously thought to be distinct subspecies, ''panamensis'' and ''azuerensis'', respectively.

References

External links

*http://www.azueroearthproject.org *http://www.speciesconservation.org/projects/Azuero-Spider-Monkey/586 *http://environment.yale.edu/elti/

Spider monkeys Primates of Central America Mammals described in 1870 Taxa named by John Edward Gray Subspecies {{newworld-monkey-stub