Central American Spider Monkey
Ateles geoffroyi
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Epic
- Observations
- 6,748
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
- Conservation
- Endangered
Description
Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi), also known as the black-handed spider monkey or the Central American spider monkey, is a species of spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central America, parts of Mexico and possibly a small portion of Colombia. There are at least five subspecies. Some primatologists classify the black-headed spider monkey (A.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Geoffroy's spider monkey”.