Red-faced spider monkey

The red-faced spider monkey (Ateles paniscus), also known as the Guiana spider monkey or the red-faced black spider monkey, is a species of spider monkey found in the rain forests of northern South America. It has long black hair and a red or pink face that is bare except for a few short white hairs. The male weighs around 9.1 kg, while the female weighs around 8.4 kg. It is a habitat specialist, found in undisturbed primary rainforests in northern Brazil, Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana and Venezuela, and it tends to live and forage in the upper layers of the trees. It feeds on a variety of foods, including supple leaves, flowers, mature seeds, fungi, berries, fruit, termites and grubs, and would be considered an omnivore. Hunting and habitat loss make it Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.