SPIDER MONKEYS
SPIDER MONKEYS
The spider monkeys are the Ateles genus with at least eleven species and eight subspecies.
Ateles chamek
CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
Black-faced black spider monkeys are also commonly known as Peruvian spider monkeys. Despite their alias, they are actually found in Bolivia and Brazil, as well as in Peru. They inhabit areas in northeast Peru, northern Bolivia, and the western Amazon rainforest in Brazil. They are primarily found in lowland forests but also…
Ateles fusciceps
CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
The brown-headed spider monkey, also known as the black-headed spider monkey, is native to the South American countries of Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. They live in humid tropical and subtropical forests up to an elevation of 8,200 feet (2,500 m) above sea level or in lowland tropical rainforests. In some places, they may live in the edges of forests near agricultural areas. They occupy the largest range of…
Ateles geoffroyi
CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
Geoffroy’s spider monkeys, also called black-handed spider monkeys, are native to Central America. Their range includes Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. An arboreal species, this New World monkey hangs out in the upper levels of the forest canopy in a variety of…
Ateles paniscus
CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
Guiana spider monkeys, also known as black spider monkeys or red-faced spider monkeys, are native to South America, north of the Amazon River. They are found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and possibly Venezuela. If they are present in Venezuela, they would be found at the eastern tip, since there are no…
Ateles geoffroyi vellerosus
CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
The Mexican spider monkey is one of six recognized subspecies of the Geoffroy’s spider monkey. Populations of the Mexican spider monkey occur in the Southern Mexican states of Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Tabasco, Yucatan, and Quintana Roo. Farther south, beyond its eponymic country, this monkey is found…
Ateles geoffroyi ornatus
CONSERVATION STATUS: VULNERABLE
Ornate spider monkeys are a subspecies of the Geoffroy’s spider monkey. They are endemic to Costa Rica and Panama, as well as to the southernmost part of Nicaragua, close to the border with Costa Rica. A population was also introduced to the island of Barro Colorado, Panama. Most ornate spider monkeys live at…
Ateles hybridus
CONSERVATION STATUS: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
The variegated spider monkey—also known as the brown spider monkey—is endemic to northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. They are an arboreal species that prefers the canopies of tall trees; they mostly opt for rainforest habitats, but riverine, marsh, and semi-deciduous forests also suit this species’…
Ateles belzebuth
CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
White-bellied spider monkeys, also known as white-fronted or long-haired spider monkeys, are native to the northwestern lowland and montane Amazonian forests of Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, and Brazil. The Amazon rainforest, which has been in existence for at least 55 million years, is warm and moist. It is one…
Ateles marginatus
CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
The white-cheeked spider monkey, also called the white-whiskered spider monkey, is endemic to the Amazon Basin in central Brazil. Their range is bound by the Rio Tapajós, Rio Teles Pires, Rio Xingu, and Rio Amazonas. They live in the lush, extremely biodiverse lowland rainforests for which the region is known…