Spider MonkeysRose Perkins

What Spider Monkeys Eat 90% fruit seeds Decaying bark Small insects-bugs Bird eggs eat with tails

How They Act

Always in trees

Rarely come forest floor

Travel in bands

Behavior

Females-4 years

Males 5 years

Acrobatic

Arm stride 40 ft

Their Habitat

High canopy rainforest

evergreen rain forest

Prefer wet over dry

Types of Spider Monkeys White bellied

Brown spider

monkey Black headed Brown headed

White whiskered

Types of Spider Monkeys

Red-faced

White cheeked

Mexican Ornate Hooded

Columbian

Yucatan

Reproduction Usually 16 weeks

1 born

Hold tails

Cling to back

Spider Monkey Skeletons

Females 42 to 57 in

Males 38 to 48 in

Tails suspend Tails 5th limb Female 75-95 cm Male 63-82 cm

Scientific Names

Spanish “Mono Araña”

Spanish b.h. Ateles fusciceps fusciceps

Family Names

Spider monkey family-Atelidae Spider Monkey subfamily- Alouattinae Spider Monkey Genus- Atelus

Spider Monkey Facts

Carnivores

Barks, screeches, other sounds

Birth every 2-5 years

More Spider Monkey Facts

Are endangered species

Tails have a print

Young Spider Monkeys

Born no bigger forearm

Born little hair

Where?

Found Mexico-South Brazil

Sounds travel 5miles

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