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Species of New World monkey

The brown spider monkey or variegated spider monkey (Ateles hybridus) is a critically endangered species of spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, from forests in northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela.

Like all spider monkeys, it has long, slender limbs and a long prehensile tail. The brown spider monkey has a whitish belly and patch on the forehead, and – highly unusual among spider monkeys – its eyes can be pale blue.

The brown spider monkey is one of the most threatened primates in the Neotropics and has been listed six times on The Worlds 25 Most Endangered Primates.

Some scientists recognise two subspecies, Ateles hybridus hybridus, found in both Colombia and Venezuela and...