Species MammalsBlack-handed Spider Monkey

Black-handed Spider Monkey

Ateles geoffroyi

Very rareMammal
Illustration of Black-handed Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)

The Black-handed Spider Monkey is one of the largest primates in North America and is listed as Endangered due to habitat loss and hunting. It uses its prehensile tail as a fifth limb to brachiate through the forest canopy with remarkable speed. Spider monkeys are frugivores that play a critical ecological role as seed dispersers for large-seeded tropical trees.

Habitat
Tall tropical and subtropical forests of Mexico and Central America
Diet
Fruit, seeds, leaves, and flowers
How common
Very rare

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