![]() ![]() They don’t carry food around to another location they tend to eat their food at the location that they found it. Spider monkeys tend to sleep nearby their food source so that it is readily available when they need it. Spider monkeys are active during the day and sleep in the canopy at night where they are protected from predators. This planned type behavior of females causes them to have a greater variety of diet compared to the males. It seems as if the routes taken by the female spider monkey are planned, far more advanced, and are different from day to day. Contrary to normal, the female has a more active leading role than the male species. Those smaller groups will venture out to a specific area for food. They like to live in the upper canopy of the rainforest where they are least disturbed.īehavior: Spider monkeys don’t like to live alone they usually live in a group of about 30 individuals, which fragment into smaller groups of 3 individuals when food is scarce. They usually live high up in the evergreen rainforest, semi deciduous, and mangrove forest, and rarely ever come down to the ground. Most of their grooming was done when they were still under their mothers care. Due to their lack of thumbs, grooming is a harder for them so they resort to scratching with their hands and feet. They don’t have thumbs but even without them they manage to be some of the best climbers/swinging monkeys out there thanks to their tail. ![]() They also use their tail and four limbs to swing from branch to brand, tree to tree, at a very high speed. They use their tail to hang upside down from branches making them look like spiders, hence why the name. Their tail is extremely powerful and is most of the time used as an extra limb. The color of their fur is usually black, brown, golden, red, or tan. Habitat and morphology: Spider monkeys grow up to be about 2 feet tall not including their tail. Distribution: Southern Mexico and most tropical regions of Central and South America Life history/ecology: ![]()
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