Black-faced Black Spider Monkey
Ateles chamek
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Epic
- Observations
- 338
- Most observed in
- 🇵🇪 Peru
- Conservation
- Endangered
Description
The Peruvian spider monkey (Ateles chamek), also known as the black-faced black spider monkey, is a species of spider monkey that lives in Peru, as well as in Brazil and in Bolivia. At 60 centimetres (2 feet) long, they are relatively large among species of monkey, and their strong, prehensile tails can be up to 1 m (3 ft) long. Unlike many species of monkey, they have only a vestigial thumb, an adaptation which enables them to travel using brachiation.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Peruvian spider monkey”.