Geoffroy's spider monkey
Amazing fact
Geoffroy's spider monkeys make a horse-like whinny when separated from one another.
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Geoffroy's spider monkeys make a horse-like whinny when separated from one another.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Geoffroy's spider monkey
- Scientific name
- Ateles geoffroyi
- Japanese name
- ジェフロイクモザル
- Group
- Land mammals
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Atelidae
- Genus
- Ateles
It lives in Central America, spending its life in the trees and eating mainly fruit and leaves.
Its front hands have no thumbs. It hooks its other fingers over branches and moves through the trees by hanging and swinging from them.
The underside of its tail tip is hairless. It can wrap its tail around things to grip them and to hold up its body.
How the Geoffroy's spider monkey lives
It is active by day and tends to eat heavily early in the morning. Large groups split into smaller groups to search for food. It can also walk along the tops of branches. After feeding in the morning, it tends to rest for the rest of the day.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Size
- Head and body length: males 39–63 cm, females 31–45 cm
- Weight
- males 7.4–9 kg, females 6–8 kg
- Diet
- Fruit and leaves
- Range
- Central America, including southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and elsewhere
Where the Geoffroy's spider monkey has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ジェフロイクモザル
- 简体中文
- 黑掌蜘蛛猴
- 繁體中文
- 黑掌蜘蛛猴
- 한국어
- 제프로이거미원숭이
- Español
- Mono araña centroamericano
- Français
- Atèle De Geoffroy
- Deutsch
- Geoffroy-Klammeraffe
- Português (Brasil)
- Macaco-aranha-de-Geoffroy
- Italiano
- Scimmia ragno di Geoffroy
- العربية
- سعدان عنكبوتي أسود اليد
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Monyet geoffroy
- Русский
- Коата Жоффруа
- Türkçe
- Geoffroy örümcek maymunu
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 上野動物園 — ジェフロイクモザルChecked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Ateles geoffroyiChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
Report a mistakeWhen you meet the Geoffroy's spider monkey, look for this
- Look for limbs that are very long compared with its body.
- Look for the fine, fingerprint-like grooves on the underside of its tail tip.
Animals do different things from day to day, so you may not always see this.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web上野動物園EXHIBIT INFORMATION
Places that keep or show the Geoffroy's spider monkey
Zoos, aquariums and other places whose official websites say they keep or show this animal.
Displays can change with the animals’ health and the seasons. Check each facility’s official website before you go.
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