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Geoffroy's spider monkey

Ateles geoffroyi

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Description:

Photo take in the a cave diving expedition in the jungle of Q,Roo
This is a baby it was moving whit a his family searching for food on the top of the trees it was very exiting moment. Its one of the largest new world monkeys. The 2 and 3th photos is mom.

Habitat:

Find in subtropical and tropical environments. This species of spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central America, parts of Mexico and possibly a small portion of Colombia. Its diet consists primarily of ripe fruit and it requires large tracts of forest to survive.

Notes:

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). considered this species to be endangered

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