Central American Spider Monkey
Ateles geoffroyi
- Endangered
- Card rarity: Epic
- Mammals
Geoffroy's spider monkey, 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. fusciceps), found in Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador as the same species as Geoffroy's spider monkey.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Atelidae
- Genus
- Ateles