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Spider Monkey

Ateles geoffroyi

Description:

This is a species of monkey that lives in the canopy, is capable of making semi-brachiation, only have 4 fingers and feed mainly on fruit

Habitat:

Rain Forest Costa Rica

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3 Comments

Carolina
Carolina 12 years ago

Love the second picture! You can see why they're called spider monkey haha

Jonathan Sequeira
Jonathan Sequeira 12 years ago

eating cecropia fruit.....

Jonathan Sequeira
Jonathan Sequeira 12 years ago

Ateles geoffroyi ornatus...

Jonathan Sequeira
Spotted by
Jonathan Sequeira

Heredia, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jul 28, 2010
Submitted on Apr 19, 2011

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