Black-headed spider monkey: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the black-headed spider monkey lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Ateles fusciceps
Group	Monkeys
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Atelidae

Where does the black-headed spider monkey live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the black-headed spider monkey in 2 countries and territories across North America and South America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the black-headed spider monkey endangered?

The black-headed spider monkey’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the black-headed spider monkey?

The black-headed spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Atelidae, genus Ateles. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the black-headed spider monkey

The black-headed spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps) is a species of spider monkey from Central and South America, specifically Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. Although primatologists such as Colin Groves (1989) follow Kellogg and Goldman (1944) in treating A. fusciceps as a separate species, other authors, including Froelich (1991), Collins and Dubach (2001) and Nieves (2005) treat it as a subspecies of Geoffroy's spider monkey.

The two subspecies are:

Ateles fusciceps fusciceps – northwestern Ecuador.

Ateles fusciceps rufiventris – southwest Colombia to eastern Panama.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Black-headed spider monkey (revision 1356900189), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q653650 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).