Hybrid Spider Monkey
Ateles hybridus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Epic
- Observations
- 60
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇴 Colombia
- Conservation
- Critically Endangered
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Brown spider monkey”.