📸 PhotoPhoto: Steven G. Johnson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Central American Spider Monkey
Ateles geoffroyi (Central American Spider Monkey · アカクモザル)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its average weight of 7.27 kg is about three and a half 2 L bottles of water (Comparison).
- 💡 It has served as a source of food for various peoples in Central and South America (ADW positive economic importance).
- 💡 The longest recorded lifespan in captivity is 33 years.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Central American spider monkey is a monkey with very long limbs and tail that lives in the upper canopy of Central American forests.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Relative to its body length, its arms, legs, and tail are extremely long, while its head is small with a prominent muzzle. Its fur is black, brown, or reddish, often with a pale mask pattern around the eyes and muzzle.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It feeds mostly on ripe fruits, along with leaves, flowers, nuts, insects, and eggs. Groups gather in numbers of about 30 and up to 100, splitting into smaller parties to forage, and it is remarkably agile at hanging by an arm or its tail.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List EN (2021) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2279/191688782
- • IUCN Red List category EN — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1000770
- • iucnredlist.org — 191688782
- • wikidata.org — Q388032
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Panama spider monkey, Costa Rica.JPG
- • animaldiversity.org — Ateles geoffroyi
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Gabriela Palomo-Munoz · CC BY 4.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.