Our focus on the Five Forests will both protect and restore this precarious habitat. Narco-effect rates (deforestation related to illegal drug trade), which is a major threat in the Five Forests are 20-60% per year (adapted from ‘Primates in Peril, 2018-2020’). They have a relatively large range but this is threatened by high rates of deforestation. In addition to its ecological requirements, it is one of the main species hunted in indigenous regions and is also subject to the growing illegal wildlife trade. These monkeys depend highly on their keen binocular vision. Spider Monkey colors can be golden, red, buff, brown or black, with hands and feet generally black. Their hair is generally coarse and stringy and they lack any under fur. 11 12 Disproportionately long, spindly limbs inspired the spider monkey's common name. Spider monkeys are usually all black, but some have flesh colored rings around their eyes and white chin whiskers. The female Spider Monkey has a body length of 42 57 centimetres, a tail length of 75 92 centimetres and weighs 6 8 kilograms. With their highly frugivorous diet, spider monkeys need large expanses of forest and are less able to adapt to fragmentation than other regional primates. 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. Spider Monkey Characteristics The male Spider Monkey has a body length of 38 48 centimetres, a tail length of 63 82 centimetres and weighs around 9 10 kilograms. The genus Ateles has long been considered the most threatened in the Neotropics due to its long gestation period (226-232 days) and the need to spend a relatively large proportion of their time foraging, with a major dietary requirement of 69-91% fruit. Because of habitat loss and fragmentation, severe hunting pressure, and the pet trade, they are considered Critically Endangered. One of the two subspecies found in the Five Forests, the Yucatan spider monkey, is considered critically endangered ranking amongst the worlds 25 most endangered primates.Ĭentral American spider monkeys Ateles geoffroyi are distributed in Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama. The spider monkey is one of the largest primates in the Americas, they are highly social and can be found in large groups.
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