Spider Monkey


Where it lives: The spider monkey lives in Peru, Ecudor, Brazil and Guiana of South America.
What it looks like: The spider monkey looks like a monkey with a really long tail that is about 35 inches long altogether. The spider monkey has long arms. The wooly spider monkey is yellowish or brown with NO hair on there face.
Habitat: The spider monkey lives in the canopy when it's fruit season and they go to the emergent layer when there is not as much food around where they can get nuts and berries.
What it eats: Spider monkeys eat mostly friut and seeds but also nuts, buds, flowers, leaves, insects, spiders and eggs.
Special features: The spider monkey has no thumbs.
Interesting facts: The spider monkey can jump 32 feet. The spider monkey is a gymnist.The spider monkey never comes down to the floor.The spider monkey hunts all the morning. The spider monkey's scientific name is Ateles geoffroyi.