Muriqui or woolly spider monkey pictures and facts

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Muriqui or woolly spider monkey

Order : Primates
Family : Cebidae
Subfamily : Atelinae
Species : Brachyteles arachnoides

Keywords: tail , prehensile tail , black , pink

The Muriqui, southern muriqui, woolly spider monkey is listed as Endangered (EN), considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the muriqui or woolly spider monkey

SPECIAL FEATURES With a weight of 12 to 15kg the Muriqui is

The pelage of the woolly spider monkey is short and dense, but their limbs are long and

The Woolly Spider Monkey is among the largest South American primate (at 9kg) and its numbers

Woolly Spider Monkey Skull - The woolly spider monkey is the largest of the new world primates.

The muriqui, or woolly spider monkey, is the largest New World primate, and in the late 1980s was recognised as two distinct species: the southern (Brachyteles arachnoids) and northern muriqui (B. (Full text)

The southern muriqui Brachyteles arachnoides is one of the most threatened primates in Brazil's Atlantic Forest. (Full text)

(CAPTION) The southern muriqui Brachyteles arachnoides is one of the most threatened primates in Brazil's Atlantic Forest. (Full text)

The Muriqui is the largest primate in the Americas, the largest mammal endemic to Brazil and one of the most endangered primates on Earth. (Full text)

The Muriqui is characterized by light golden gray fur, a dark hairless face, and a prehensile tail. (Full text)

ecosystems, the Atlantic Coastal Forest, the Muriqui is highly vulnerable (Full text)

The description - Woolly Spider Monkey is smaller than a normal Spider Monkey (Full text)