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Spider Monkey

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Field Notes

Notes:

This monkey was showing off for us. He would swing and then we would clap and he would do it again.

Species ID Suggestions

Mexican spider monkey

Ateles geoffroyi vellerosus

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Carolina
It is definitely a Ateles geoffroyi, but vellerosus could be the subspecies.

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2011 Best Wildlife Photo
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PublishedJune 15, 2011

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