November 18, 2009
Spider monkey
Genus: Ateles (“Spider monkeys”) • Highly frugivorous • Complex fission/fusion social structure
• Travel great distances for food
• Suspensory locomotion  (“semi-brachiators”)•All legs, arms, and prehensile tail •Bridging •The thumb has greatly reduced

Spider monkey

Genus: Ateles
(“Spider monkeys”)
• Highly frugivorous
• Complex fission/fusion social structure

• Travel great distances for food

• Suspensory locomotion  (“semi-brachiators”)
•All legs, arms, and prehensile tail
•Bridging
•The thumb has greatly reduced