Why is the black spider monkey endangered
Interesting facts about black spider monkey by weird square
spider monkeys on new world monkeys
belonging to the genus safely's part of
the subfamily 8l any family ate led like
other eight airlines they are found in
tropical forests of Central and South
America from southern Mexico to Brazil
the genus contains seven species all of
which are under threat the black-headed
spider monkey and brown spider monkey
are critically endangered
disproportionately long limbs and long
prehensile tails make them one of the
largest new world monkeys and give rise
to their common name spider monkeys live
in the upper layers of the rainforest
and forage in the high canopy from 25 to
30 metres 82 to 98 feet they primarily
eat fruits but will also occasionally
consume leaves flowers and insects due
to their large size spider monkeys
require large tracts of moist evergreen
forests and prefer undisturbed primary
rainforest . they are social animals and
live in bands of up to 35 individuals
but will split up to forage during the
day recent meto analyzes on primate
cognition studies indicated spider
monkeys are the most intelligent new
world monkeys they can produce a wide
range of sounds and will bark when
threatened other vocalizations include a
whinny similar to a horse and prolonged
screams they are an important food
source due to their large size so are
widely hunted by local human populations
they are also threatened by habitat
destruction due to logging
