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Ateles paniscus (black spider monkey)

Wikipedia Abstract

The red-faced spider monkey, Ateles paniscus, also known as the Guiana spider monkey or red-faced black spider monkey, is a species of spider monkey found in the rain forests in northern South America. The species faces issues with hunting and habitat loss, and is therefore listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Redlist.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
48
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 10.69
EDGE Score: 3.85
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  17.39 lbs (7.89 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  453 grams
Female Maturity [1]  4 years 2 months
Male Maturity [1]  3 years 6 months
Diet [2]  Herbivore
Gestation [1]  7 months 19 days
Litter Size [1]  1
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  46 years
Weaning [1]  2 years 2 months

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Map Climate Land
Use
Guianan Freshwater swamp forests Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Guianan Highlands moist forests Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Colombia Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Guianan moist forests Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Venezuela Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Guianan savanna Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Marajó varzea Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Monte Alegre varzea Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Rio Negro campinarana Brazil, Colombia Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests Brazil, Guyana, Suriname Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Estacion Biologica Beni Biosphere Reserve VI 335178 Bolivia  
Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve State Sustainable Development Reserve VI 3260792 Amazonas, Brazil  
Manú National Park II 4213523 Cusco, Peru  
Otishi National Park 760925 Peru  
Reserva de Vida Silvestre Tahuamanu   Bolivia        

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Ceiba pentandra (kapoktree)[3]
Ficus americana (Jamaican cherry fig)[4]
Ficus citrifolia (shortleaf fig)[3]
Ficus pertusa[5]
Parkia velutina (parkia tree)[3]
Virola calophylla (virola)[6]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Aburria pipile (Trinidad piping guan)2
Alouatta seniculus (red howler monkey)1
Ara macao (Scarlet Macaw)1
Artibeus jamaicensis (Jamaican fruit-eating bat)3
Artibeus lituratus (great fruit-eating bat)1
Ateles belzebuth (white-bellied spider monkey)1
Ateles chamek (Chamek spider monkey)1
Attila spadiceus (Bright-rumped Attila)1
Aulacorhynchus prasinus (Emerald Toucanet)1
Brotogeris cyanoptera (Cobalt-winged Parakeet)1
Callicebus moloch (red-bellied titi monkey)2
Callimico goeldii (Goeldi's monkey)1
Cebus albifrons (white-fronted capuchin)2
Cebus apella (brown capuchin)5
Cebus capucinus (white-faced capuchin)1
Chiroderma villosum (hairy big-eyed bat)2
Chlorophanes spiza (Green Honeycreeper)1
Chlorophonia cyanea (Blue-naped Chlorophonia)1
Chlorospingus ophthalmicus (Common Bush-Tanager)1
Coereba flaveola (Bananaquit)1
Cyanerpes cyaneus (Red-legged Honeycreeper)1
Dacnis lineata (Black-faced Dacnis)1
Dryocopus lineatus (Lineated Woodpecker)1
Elaenia flavogaster (Yellow-bellied Elaenia)1
Euphonia chrysopasta (White-lored Euphonia)1
Euphonia laniirostris (Thick-billed Euphonia)1
Euphonia minuta (White-vented Euphonia)1
Euphonia rufiventris (Rufous-bellied Euphonia)1
Euphonia violacea (Violaceous Euphonia)1
Euphonia xanthogaster (Orange-bellied Euphonia)1
Geotrygon montana (Ruddy Quail-Dove)2
Iodopleura isabellae (White-browed Purpletuft)1
Lagothrix lagotricha (Humboldt's woolly monkey)2
Lanio versicolor (White-winged Shrike-Tanager)1
Lepidothrix coronata (Blue-crowned Manakin)1
Leptonycteris curasoae (southern long-nosed bat)1
Lipaugus vociferans (Screaming Piha)1
Mionectes oleagineus (Ochre-bellied Flycatcher)1
Momotus momota (Blue-crowned Motmot)1
Myiarchus tuberculifer (Dusky-capped Flycatcher)1
Myiodynastes luteiventris (Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher)1
Myiopagis gaimardii (Forest Elaenia)1
Myiozetetes similis (Social Flycatcher)1
Nasua nasua (South American Coati)1
Patagioenas plumbea (Plumbeous Pigeon)1
Penelope jacquacu (Spix's Guan)1
Phyllostomus hastatus (greater spear-nosed bat)1
Pipra fasciicauda (Band-tailed Manakin)1
Pipra pipra (White-crowned Manakin)1
Psarocolius decumanus (Crested Oropendola)1
Psophia leucoptera (Pale-winged Trumpeter)1
Pteroglossus azara (Ivory-billed Aracari)1
Pteroglossus beauharnaesii (Curl-crested Aracari)2
Pyrrhura picta (Painted Parakeet)1
Pyrrhura rupicola (Black-capped Parakeet)1
Querula purpurata (Purple-throated Fruitcrow)1
Ramphastos toco (Toco Toucan)1
Ramphastos tucanus cuvieri (Cuvier's Toucan)1
Saguinus imperator (emperor tamarin)1
Saguinus oedipus (cotton-top tamarin)1
Saimiri sciureus (South American squirrel monkey)2
Saltator maximus (Buff-throated Saltator)1
Selenidera reinwardtii (Golden-collared Toucanet)1
Setophaga ruticilla (American Redstart)1
Tachyphonus rufiventer (Yellow-crested Tanager)1
Tachyphonus rufus (White-lined Tanager)1
Tachyphonus surinamus (Fulvous-crested Tanager)1
Tangara callophrys (Opal-crowned Tanager)1
Tangara chilensis (Paradise Tanager)1
Tangara gyrola (Bay-headed Tanager)1
Tangara mexicana (Turquoise Tanager)2
Tangara nigrocincta (Masked Tanager)1
Tangara schrankii (Green-and-gold Tanager)1
Thraupis episcopus (Blue-grey Tanager)1
Tiaris olivaceus (Yellow-faced Grassquit)1
Tityra semifasciata (Masked Tityra)1
Trogon collaris (Collared Trogon)1
Trogon melanurus (Black-tailed Trogon)2
Turdus albicollis (White-necked Thrush)1
Turdus hauxwelli (Hauxwell's Thrush)1
Turdus ignobilis (Black-billed Thrush)1
Tyranneutes stolzmanni (Dwarf Tyranneutes)1
Tyrannus dominicensis (Grey Kingbird)2
Tyrannus savana (Fork-tailed Flycatcher)1
Uroderma bilobatum (tent-making bat)2
Vampyressa pusilla (little yellow-eared bat)1
Vireo altiloquus (Black-whiskered Vireo)1
Vireo olivaceus (Red-eyed Vireo)1

Predators

Harpia harpyja (Harpy Eagle)[3]
Panthera onca (Jaguar)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Dipetalonema caudispina <Unverified Name>[7]
Dipetalonema gracile <Unverified Name>[7]
Histoplasma capsulatum[8]
Leptospira interrogans[8]
Pediculus mjobergi[8]

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

    Maps
Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Apenheul Primate Park
Artis Zoo
Chicago Zoological Park
Fundacao Parque Zoologico de Sao Paulo
GaiaPark, Kerkrade Zoo
Isle of Wight Zoo
La Vallée des Singes
Nagyerdei Kultúrpark KHT.
Parque Zoologico Santa Fe
Taipei Zoo
Twycross Zoo
Tygerberg Zoopark
Welsh Mountain Zoo
Zool.Nacional Parque Metro De Santiago
Zoological Society of London

Range Map

Link to Map
South America;

External References

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Groves C.P., 30-Jul-2002, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org ♦ 3Animals of the Rainforest ♦ 4"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529–572 ♦ 5Frugivores at a fruiting Ficus in south-eastern Peru, Jose G. Tello, Journal of Tropical Ecology (2003) 19:717–721. ♦ 6Russo, SE 2003. Responses of dispersal agents to tree and fruit traits in Virola calophylla (Myristicaceae): Implications for selection Oecologia 136:80–87 ♦ 7Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London ♦ 8Nunn, C. L., and S. Altizer. 2005. The Global Mammal Parasite Database: An Online Resource for Infectious Disease Records in Wild Primates. Evolutionary Anthroplogy 14:1-2.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
EDGE analysis provided by EDGE of Existence programme, Zoological Society of London
Range map provided by Patterson, B. D., G. Ceballos, W. Sechrest, M. F. Tognelli, T. Brooks, L. Luna, P. Ortega, I. Salazar, and B. E. Young. 2007. Digital Distribution Maps of the Mammals of the Western Hemisphere, version 3.0. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia, USA.
Data provided by NatureServe in collaboration with Bruce Patterson, Wes Sechrest, Marcelo Tognelli, Gerardo Ceballos, The Nature Conservancy—Migratory Bird Program, Conservation International—CABS, World Wildlife Fund—US, and Environment Canada—WILDSPACE.
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by International Species Information System - May 2011