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.
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