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The black-headed spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps) is a type of New World monkey from Central and South America, specifically Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. [2] Although primatologists such as Colin Groves (1989) follow Kellogg and Goldman (1944) in treating A. fusciceps as a separate species, other authors, including Froelich (1991), Collins and Dubach (2001) and Nieves (2005) treat it as a ...
The Colombian spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps rufiventris) is a subspecies of the Black-headed spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, [1] found in Colombia and Panama. [2] [3] Some authorities, such as Froelich (1991), Collins and Dubach (2001) and Nieves (2005), do not recognize the Black-headed spider monkey as a distinct species and so treat the Colombian spider monkey as a subspecies ...
White-fronted spider monkey, Ateles belzebuth VU; Black-headed spider monkey, Ateles fusciceps CR; Geoffroy's spider monkey, Ateles geoffroyi LC; Brown spider monkey, Ateles hybridus CR; Genus: Lagothrix. Brown woolly monkey, Lagothrix lagothricha LR/lc; Colombian woolly monkey, Lagothrix lugens VU
Black-handed spider monkeys are endangered and originate from Central America, where they live in rainforests and mountain forests. Elvis came to Zoo Boise from the Denver Zoo in 1973, and his ...
Spider monkeys are among the largest New World monkeys; black-headed spider monkeys, the largest spider monkey, have an average weight of 11 kilograms (24 lb) for males and 9.66 kg (21.3 lb) for females. [11] [12] Disproportionately long, spindly limbs inspired the spider monkey's common name.
Seven endangered spider monkeys hidden in a backpack were discovered by US border patrol agents in Texas on Thursday, 3 August. Officials from Fort Brown Station arrested a person who is suspected ...
Ateles hybridus Brown spider monkey Ateles hybridus: 2004 [N 1] 2006 2008 2010 2012 Colombia Venezuela unknown Critically Endangered [30] habitat loss and fragmentation (agricultural encroachment, cattle-ranching, logging) hunting (bushmeat) live capture (pet trade) Brown-headed spider monkey Ateles fusciceps fusciceps: 2006 2012 Ecuador unknown
The majority of the species were considered endangered in the 1970s and 1980s when they “were in very low numbers or likely already extinct at the time of listing,” the release said.