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media type="custom" key="21173520" ** Black Handed Spider Monkey ** Classification: Animalia. - Hylum: Chordate. - Class: Mammalia. - Infraclass: Eutheria. - Order: Primates. - Family: atelidae. -Subfamily: atelidae. - Genus: Ateles

Male and Female-differences. Male and female spider monkeys look the same, however, the females are slightly bigger than the males. In groups the females usually outnumber the males, it's usually 2 females to one male and they are the dominant members of the group. Young- what do they look like. Found mostly in black, they may even be found in colours like brown, red, golden and buff. Some of the monkey’s exhibit flesh coloured rings around their eyes and white chin whiskers. Their fur is coarse and stringy, however, they lack underfur. How fast do they grow? Could not find.

Size-size of the male. Male head-and-body length: 39 – 63 cm Male weight: 7.4 – 9 kg

Size of the female Female weight: 6 – 8 kg Female head-and-body length: 31 – 45 cm

Size of the young Could not find

Breeding-When does this happen? Female black-handed spider monkeys have an estrous cycle of 24 to 27 days; mating goes for two to three days. Gestation lasts 226 to 232 days and one young is born. Males are sexually mature in five years and females in four.

habbitat-differences of habbitat in zoo to the wild. not there on day.

Feeding- what do they eat. These monkeys eat mainly ripe fruit and sometimes leaves and flowers. They may also eat some nuts, seeds, insects, arachnids, and eggs.

Conclusion- why it is interesting to me. The Black Handed Spider Monkey is interesting to me because its name is awesome and all the things it can do, it has high intelligence and it has amazing acrobatics in the trees.