Spider monkey how long does it live

Social grooming is of relatively low value but demonstrates rank order within the group. Spider monkeys are diurnal, so they spend the majority of the early morning hours foraging for food. Although locomotion is basically quadrepedal, they are capable of swinging below branches by means of arms and tail.

Five spider monkeys call Potter Park Zoo home, and only one female, Gumbelina, lives among them. Sonny is the dominant male of the group, and he and the others can be seen year round in their indoor or outdoor exhibit. You can unsubscribe anytime. Occasionally, they will also eat leaves, flowers, nuts, seeds, insects, eggs and arachnids. Here at the Zoo, the spider monkeys receive a variety of fruits and vegetables and New World monkey biscuits. There is no regular breeding season or black-handed spider monkeys.

Females have an estrous cycle of days. Births occur at two to four year intervals. IUCN status — Endangered. Spider monkeys are somewhat tolerant of logging, but they do need large areas of tall forests. Spider monkeys are also hunted for food; their large group numbers and noisy habits make them fairly easy to find. Spider monkeys are named that way because they hang from the trees by holding different branches with their limbs and long tails, "shaped" like spiders. Spider monkeys do not have a thumb.

Their four fingers are curved and look like a hook, which is special adaptation to the life in the forest. Spider monkeys are arboreal animals they spend their life in the treetops and they can be rarely seen on the ground. Spider monkeys eat mainly plant-based food. Other than that, spider monkeys eat bird's eggs and insects.

Spider monkeys are very social animals. They live in the groups called troops. Typically, females give birth to only a single baby every two to five years. Young monkeys depend completely on their mothers for about ten weeks, but after that time they begin to explore on their own and play amongst themselves.

Mothers continue to care for their young for the first year of their lives, and often move about with their offspring clinging to their backs. Indigenous peoples often hunt spider monkeys for food, and the animals are usually agitated by human contact. Logging and deforestation continue to shrink the space that spider monkeys are able to call home. All rights reserved. Common Name: Spider Monkeys. Scientific Name: Ateles. Type: Mammals.

Diet: Omnivore. Group Name: Troop. Size: 14 to 26 inches.