
The brown spider monkey or variegated spider monkey (Ateles hybridus) is a critically endangered species of spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, from forests in northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Long-haired spider 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
- Ateles belzebuth
- Hylobates albibarbis
- Hylobates funereus
- Brachyteles hypoxanthus
- Brachyteles arachnoides
- Ateles geoffroyi
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Atelidae
- Genus
- Ateles
- Species
- Ateles hybridus
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