The Spider monkey is a primate with the scientific name Ateles geoffroyi. There are nine subspecies under this name, three of which are endangered. They are found in a wide range of places, extending from Mexico to Brazil. Spider monkeys are very interesting animals. Spider monkeys put into subspecies based on appearance. They can move through the trees very quickly and efficiently. They have long arms and long legs, but a very slender body. They …showed first 75 words of 687 total…

…showed last 75 words of 687 total…a spider on its web. Spider monkeys seem to be smarter than Howler monkeys. Their brain weighs two times as much as a Howler's, though the monkeys are roughly the same size. The larger brain of the spider monkey aids in searching for and remembering locations of rarer food sources. Primates that eat more highly dispersed foods generally have larger brains than those that eat more distributed resources. White-bellied spider monkeys sometimes eat decaying wood.