![]() Our focus on the Five Forests will both protect and restore this precarious habitat. ![]() Narco-effect rates (deforestation related to illegal drug trade), which is a major threat in the Five Forests are 20-60% per year (adapted from ‘Primates in Peril, 2018-2020’). About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. They have a relatively large range but this is threatened by high rates of deforestation. The Black-handed Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi), also known as Geoffroys Spider Monkey is a species of spider monkey native to Central America, parts of. In addition to its ecological requirements, it is one of the main species hunted in indigenous regions and is also subject to the growing illegal wildlife trade. ![]() With their highly frugivorous diet, spider monkeys need large expanses of forest and are less able to adapt to fragmentation than other regional primates. The genus Ateles has long been considered the most threatened in the Neotropics due to its long gestation period (226-232 days) and the need to spend a relatively large proportion of their time foraging, with a major dietary requirement of 69-91% fruit. Because of habitat loss and fragmentation, severe hunting pressure, and the pet trade, they are considered Critically Endangered. One of the two subspecies found in the Five Forests, the Yucatan spider monkey, is considered critically endangered ranking amongst the worlds 25 most endangered primates.Ĭentral American spider monkeys Ateles geoffroyi are distributed in Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama. Spider monkeys have long, thin arms with hooklike hands that allow them to swing through the trees. They were named spider monkeys because they look like spiders as they hang. They are very intelligent and have robust memories. The spider monkey is one of the largest primates in the Americas, they are highly social and can be found in large groups. Spider monkeys hug each other and wrap their tails around each other. The acrobatic tree-dweller is a spider monkey, and its foraging for food high in the treetops with members of its family.
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