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Colombian spider monkey

Mammals

The Colombian spider monkey is a subspecies of the black-headed spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, found in Colombia and Panama. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Frugivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 3
Living or Extinct
Yes 4
Scientific Name
Ateles fusciceps rufiventris 4
Conservation Status
Vulnerable 2
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Appendix II 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Ateles, Taxa
Source Colombian spider monkey (Wikidata)

In Biome

Cloud Forest, Biomes
Source Colombian spider monkey (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Colombia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

South America

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. Colombian spider monkey (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Fruit makes up eighty percent of the spider monkey's diet, which also includes leaves, nuts, seeds, bark, insects, and flowers.
  • In Biome: Cloud Forest, Wikipedia intro: ", found in Colombia and Panama. The Colombian spider monkey lives in dry forests, humid forests and cloud forests, and can live up to 2,000 to 2,500 metres (6,6..."
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2. Wikipedia: Colombian spider monkey
  • system (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
    They move and climb through the forest by hand over hand (brachiation) motion.
  • Infobox: status
    VU
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3. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Ateles fusciceps (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Conservation Status: CITES
    CITES Appendix II
  • Economic Importance
    In some areas Brown-headed Spider Monkeys may be hunted for food.
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4. Colombian spider monkey (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q3695859 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): vulnerable.
  • Child Taxon Of: Ateles, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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