Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Primates > Cebidae > Ateles > Ateles fusciceps| | Ateles fusciceps (brown-headed spider monkey) | |
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. Although primatologists such as Colin Groves (1989) follow Kellogg and Goldman (1944) in treating A. fusciceps as a separate species, other authors, including Froelich (1991), Collins and Dubach (2001) and Nieves (2005) treat it as a subspecies of Geoffroy's spider monkey. |
This species is highly suspensory and is usually only found in the canopy. They are further adapted to their arboreal lifestyle by lacking a thumb, which increases the strength of their grip for climbing. Their reliance on primary forest has meant that this species has suffered greatly from continued habitat loss. Furthermore, their slow rate of reproduction makes them susceptible to hunting pressure. The brown-headed spider monkey is one of the most threatened animals in Ecuador. Two subspecies of the brown-headed spider monkey are recognised, with each living in a different area. The subspecies Ateles fusciceps fusciceps occurs in Ecuador, while the range of Ateles fusciceps rufiventris (Colombian black spider monkey) extends from south-western Colombia to eastern Panama. Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) |
| Adult Weight [2] | 15.43 lbs (7.00 kg) | | Birth Weight [2] | 400 grams |  | | Female Maturity [2] | 4 years 2 months | | Male Maturity [2] | 5 years | | | Arboreal [1] | Yes | | Diet [1] | Herbivore | | Gestation [2] | 7 months 17 days | | Litter Size [2] | 1 | | Litters / Year [2] | 1 | | Maximum Longevity [2] | 46 years | | Weaning [2] | 1 year 1 month |
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Amazon-Orinoco-Southern Caribbean mangroves |
Brazil, Columbia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela |
Neotropic |
Mangroves |
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Cauca Valley dry forests |
Colombia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Cauca Valley montane forests |
Colombia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Chocó-Darién moist forests |
Colombia, Panama |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Eastern Panamanian montane forests |
Colombia, Panama |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub |
Colombia, Venezuela |
Neotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests |
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Magdalena Valley montane forests |
Colombia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Magdalena-Urabá moist forests |
Colombia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Northwestern Andean montane forests |
Colombia, Ecuador |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Sinú Valley dry forests |
Colombia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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South American Pacific mangroves |
Colombia, Panama, Ecuador |
Neotropic |
Mangroves |
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Mesoamerica |
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama |
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Tropical Andes |
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela |
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Tumbes-Choco-Magdalena |
Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru |
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MapsLink to MapMiddle America; Species recognized by Groves C.P., 30-Jul-2002, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in  Endangered Status provided by IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2 < www.iucnredlist.org> Downloaded on 11 April 2013. Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Myers, 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 ♦ 2de 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 ♦ 3Nunn, 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/wildfinderRange 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 ConservancyMigratory Bird Program, Conservation InternationalCABS, World Wildlife FundUS, and Environment CanadaWILDSPACE.
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