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Peruvian spider monkey

Ateles chamek

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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1 Comment

Carolina
Carolina 12 years ago

Beautiful xi-!
I'd would be great if you could add some information about this species, using the description, habitat and notes field. You can do this by clicking on "Edit this spotting" on the left/top of this page :)

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Municipio La Paz, Departamento de La Paz, Bolivia

Spotted on Jan 27, 2012
Submitted on Jan 27, 2012

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