black-headed spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps) Ateles fusciceps rufiventris moving
Description
Ateles fusciceps robustus moving.JPG
Date 14 September 2007
Source Own work
Author Patrick Müller
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ateles_fusciceps_robustus_moving.JPG
The black-headed spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps) is a species of spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central and South America. It is found in Colombia, Nicaragua and Panama. The two subspecies are: Ateles fusciceps fusciceps (northwestern Ecuador) and Ateles fusciceps rufiventris (southwest Colombia to eastern Panama). Some scientists treat it as a subspecies of Geoffroy's spider monkey. Order: Primates, Family: Atelidae.
