Brown spider monkey: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the brown spider monkey lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Ateles hybridus
Group	Monkeys
Status	Critically endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Atelidae

Where does the brown spider monkey live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the brown spider monkey in 1 country or territory across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Venezuela, Colombia.

Colombia

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 brown spider monkey endangered?

The brown spider monkey’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Critically endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the brown spider monkey?

The brown spider monkey (Ateles hybridus) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Atelidae, genus Ateles. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the brown spider monkey

The brown spider monkey or variegated spider monkey (Ateles hybridus) is a critically endangered species of spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, from forests in northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela.

Like all spider monkeys, it has long, slender limbs and a long prehensile tail. The brown spider monkey has a whitish belly and patch on the forehead, and – highly unusual among spider monkeys – its eyes can be pale blue.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Brown spider monkey (revision 1356182097), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q790630 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).