Geoffroy's spider monkey

Ateles geoffroyi · Atelidae

Geoffroy's spider monkey, also known as the black-handed spider monkey or the Central American spider monkey, is a species of spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central America, parts of Mexico and possibly a small portion of Colombia. There are at least five subspecies. Some primatologists classify the black-headed spider monkey (A.

Where the Geoffroy's spider monkey lives

Recorded in Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Belize and Nicaragua (North America).

Most records fall in Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Puntarenas, Alajuela, Petén and Campeche.

See the Geoffroy's spider monkey’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Endangered (EN). In danger of dying out in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 10,052 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.