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Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi). black spider monkey Variegated spider monkey
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Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi).
Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi). Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) hanging from a tree in a forest in Nicaragua.

spider monkey

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Also known as: Ateles
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spider monkey, (genus Ateles), large, extremely agile monkey that lives in forests from southern Mexico through Central and South America to Brazil. In spite of its thumbless hands, this lanky potbellied primate can move swiftly through the trees, using its long tail as a fifth limb. The seven species of true spider monkeys are classified in the genus Ateles. The woolly spider monkey, or muriqui, which is a close relative but not a true spider...

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