Editing Spider monkey (section)

== Taxonomic classification == 
The genus name ''Ateles'' derives from the [[ancient greek]] word {{wikt-lang|grc|ἀτέλεια}} ({{grc-transl|ἀτέλεια}}), meaning "incomplete, imperfect",<ref>{{Cite book |title=Abrégé du dictionnaire grec français |last=Bailly |first=Anatole |date=1981 |publisher=Hachette |isbn=978-2010035289 |location=Paris |oclc=461974285}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tabularium.be/bailly/ |title=Greek-French dictionary online |last=Bailly |first=Anatole |website=www.tabularium.be |access-date=January 24, 2017 |archive-date=March 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318000653/http://www.tabularium.be/bailly/ |url-status=live }}</ref> in reference to the reduced or non-existent thumbs of spider monkeys.

The genus contains seven species, and seven subspecies.<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Groves|pages=150–151|id=12100392}}</ref>

*'''Family [[Atelidae]]'''
**Subfamily [[Howler monkey|Alouattinae]]: howler monkeys 
**Subfamily [[Atelinae]]
***'''Genus ''Ateles''''': spider monkeys
****[[Red-faced spider monkey]], ''Ateles paniscus''
****[[White-fronted spider monkey]], ''Ateles belzebuth''
****[[Peruvian spider monkey]], ''Ateles chamek''
****[[Brown spider monkey]], ''Ateles hybridus''
****[[White-cheeked spider monkey]], ''Ateles marginatus''
****[[Black-headed spider monkey]], ''Ateles fusciceps''
*****[[Brown-headed spider monkey]], ''Ateles fusciceps fusciceps''
*****[[Colombian spider monkey]], ''Ateles fusciceps rufiventris''
****[[Geoffroy's spider monkey]], ''Ateles geoffroyi''
*****[[Hooded spider monkey]] ''Ateles geoffroyi grisescens''
*****[[Yucatan spider monkey]], ''Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis''
*****[[Mexican spider monkey]], ''Ateles geoffroyi vellerosus''
*****[[Nicaraguan spider monkey]], ''Ateles geoffroyi geoffroyi''
*****[[Ornate spider monkey]], ''Ateles geoffroyi ornatus''
***'''Genus ''[[Muriqui|Brachyteles]]''''': muriquis (woolly spider monkeys) 
***'''Genus ''[[Woolly monkey|Lagothrix]]''''': woolly monkeys