Brown Spider Monkey | 台北市立動物園資訊網

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Class: Mammalia

Order: Primates

Family: Atelidae

Scientific Name: Ateles hybridus (ssp.brunneus)

IUCN Red List status: Critically Endangered

IUCN Species Range Map[1]

Also known as the Variegated Spider Monkey, Brown Spider Monkeys are a mahogany brown monkey with a buff coloured underside, some having distinctive triangle patches on their forehead. They usually have brown eyes but some have been seen with blue. Brown Spider Monkeys have long limbs with elongated fingers as well as a prehensile tail adapted for an arboreal lifestyle. They grow up to 50cm long and can weigh 9kg, with the female being slightly larger. Two sub-species are known.

Brown Spider Moneys spend almost their whole lives arboreally, with limbs that are not well adapted to being on the ground. However, they do come to the forest floor to drink a...