Geoffroy's spider monkey lives in tropical Central American forests. It moves mainly through tree crowns, using its limbs and prehensile tail. The tail can
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Ateles geoffroyi
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Geoffroy's spider monkey lives in tropical Central American forests. It moves mainly through tree crowns, using its limbs and prehensile tail. The tail can provide extra support while reaching food. Branch continuity and fruiting-tree presence influence daily routes.
Ripe fruit is its staple food, supplemented by leaves, flowers and other available items. The diurnally active community splits into smaller feeding subgroups. Their composition and size may change with resource distribution, allowing use of different forest sites.
Calls help maintain contact between scattered individuals and signal danger. The female cares for one offspring for a long time, leaving a substantial interval between births. Growing animals practise branch movement and social relationships.
nos → nasada ogona; ogon wyłączony. ADW: głowa i tułów 305–630 mm, ogon 635–840 mm. Starsze ujęcie Ateles geoffroyi; mapę ograniczono do Ameryki Środkowej, bez wydzielonego A. fusciceps. Punkt to środek zakresu, a nie średnia populacji. Wysokość obrysu wynika z proporcji ilustracji; przód jest przybliżoną projekcją.