White-Cheeked Spider Monkey - Facts | 台北市立動物園資訊網

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This endangered species currently has a very small, restricted natural range, which is fragmented by major highways, including the Transamazon and the Cuiabá-Santarém. Through their range, White-cheeked spider monkeys face continuous, large-scale deforestation and land alteration into soy bean plantations. These primates are commonly hunted. And finally, all the above-mentioned factors are compounded by the extremely slow reproductive rate, which doesnt allow the scattered populations to recover.

The IUCN Red List and other sources don’t provide the number of the White-cheeked spider monkeys’ total population. Today, this species’ numbers are decreasing and it is classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List.

Maintaining frugivorous diet, these primates act as important seed dispersers ...