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White Bellied Spider Monkey

Ateles belzebuth

Description:

This spider monkey lives at La Isla De Los Monos. He is 3 years old.

Habitat:

Spider monkeys are arboreal.They thrive in the rain forest canopy with little competition from other monkeys.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
White-bellied Spider Monkey
Ateles belzebuth White-fronted spider monkey


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4 Comments

MelissaJordan
MelissaJordan 10 years ago

Thank you for the clarification!

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

To my knowledge there is no real Yellow-bellied Spider Monkey, although this one is sometimes called like this. But I think it is not the correct common name. Please, verify yourself! Ateles geoffroyi is a Central American, also endangered species, but not found in Peru.
http://www.arkive.org/white-bellied-spid...
http://www.madreselvaecuador.com/index.p...

MelissaJordan
MelissaJordan 10 years ago

Jennifer it's one of my favorites!!

JenniferRichardson
JenniferRichardson 10 years ago

Love this picture!

MelissaJordan
Spotted by
MelissaJordan

Indiana, Loreto, Peru

Spotted on Jul 10, 2013
Submitted on Jul 13, 2013

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