Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Primates Linnaeus, 1758 - primates
       Suborder Haplorrhini Pocock, 1918 see Suborder Haplorhini Pocock, 1918
         Infraorder Simiiformes Haeckel, 1866
           Parvorder Platyrrhini Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812
             Family Atelidae Gray, 1825
               Subfamily Atelinae Gray, 1825
                 Genus Brachyteles Spix, 1823 - woolly spider monkey, muriqui
                   1 Brachyteles arachnoides (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1806) - woolly spider monkey
                   2 Brachyteles hypoxanthus (Kuhl, 1820)