Squirrel Monkeys

By Tyree

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Habitat• Live in brazil, Peru, Colombia, near water, and

near streams• They are arboreal

Food and Water• Drink water from Rainforest• Move fast in order to catch their food• Eat fruit, insects, birds eggs, and young birds Babies drink mothers milk• Water from leaves, flower seeds shoots roots

Daily Behavior• Sleep during the night• Eat during the day• Monkeys play together in a group• Live together in a group for protection and friends, 10 or 50 monkeys in a group• Climb around to find food • Baby monkeys cling to there mothers belly tell month old• Grooming 3-4 hours a day, grooming means clinging the fur and insects• Hoot, howl, and cluck to communicate

Family Structures• Stays with mom for three to four years• Live in three kinds of groups, male group, female group, mother baby

group, and a teenager group• Females are in charge• Males only come around females when its time to mate

Interesting Facts• Twins or triplets at a time• Monkeys are in danger of dying• People cut forest were they live• People kill monkeys for their fur• People catch monkeys and sell them• Live in troops• Have flexible tails, and long tails• Don’t have a thumb

BibliographyMcDaniel, Melissa. Monkeys. Tarrytown,

Benchmark, 2004.

Morris, Pat. Mammals. China: Grolier, 2003.