Tim May 23 Sep 2016 Maguari said: I think Ateles is meant to be 'mutilated' (it's literally something like 'without the end'), in reference to the seemingly 'thumbless' hands. Click to expand... Similarly, I believe that the word “colobus” also means "mutilated" and is applied to colobus monkeys because they, too, lack thumbs.
Maguari said: I think Ateles is meant to be 'mutilated' (it's literally something like 'without the end'), in reference to the seemingly 'thumbless' hands. Click to expand... Similarly, I believe that the word “colobus” also means "mutilated" and is applied to colobus monkeys because they, too, lack thumbs.
