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Peruvian spider monkey
Ateles chamek
-16.4972, -68.1296
Field Notes
Description:
Previously considered a subspecies of either the black spider monkey (Ateles paniscus) or the white-bellied spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth), the Peruvian spider monkey is now considered a separate species on the basis of its dark rather than pink face, its all-black body, slightly smaller size, and differences in its DNA (arkive)
Habitat:
Inhabits primary lowland rainforest as well as riverine and flooded forest, and mainly uses the upper levels of the forest canopy (arkive)
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