Common Woolly Monkey (Lagothrix lagothricha)

Common Woolly Monkey, a reference photo — Photo: Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

The common woolly monkey, brown woolly monkey, or Humboldt's woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagothricha) is a woolly monkey from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and Venezuela. It lives in groups of two to 70 individuals, usually splitting the group into smaller subgroups when active.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Common Woolly Monkey being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Chiropotes sagulatus
Ateles hybridus
Sapajus robustus
Hylobates albibarbis
Hylobates funereus

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Atelidae
Genus: Lagothrix
Species: Lagothrix lagothricha

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