Black Spider Monkey

Specifications
1. Largest primates in South America
2. Prehensile tail
  1. Allows them to have stability
3. Black all over, different face colour
4. 7-9 Kilograms
5. The body is 40-60 centimetres
6. The tail is 60-80 centimetres
7. Monkeys don't have thumbs
8. Strong, Long Tail
9. Agile hands and feet
Conservation Status
1. Vulnerable
  1. Population
    1. fallen by 30% over the last 45 years
Threats
1. Habitat Loss
2. Hunting by Animals
3. Eagles
4. Jaguar
Diet
1. Frugivores
2. 90% fruit and seeds
3. Omnivores
4. Young Leaves
5. Flowers
6. Aerial roots
7. Bark and decaying wood
8. Honey
9. Insects
10. Bird eggs
11. Eat large quantities of food in a short period of time
12. Eat food while hanging or on the move
Habitat
1. Central and South America
  1. Found In
    1. High canopy in the Rainforest
      1. Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf
      2. Evergreen
        semi deciduous
        mangrove forests
        lowland rainforest
        mountain forests
Breeding
1. Gestation period of 7-8 months
2. Every 2-3 years a female gives birth
3. Mating Rituals
  1. Female selects a male from her group with whom to mate with
  2. Female fully matured at 4-5 years
  3. Time intervals between birth is 17 to 45 months
  4. Males sexually mature at 5 years old
Life Cycle
1. Birth
2. Juvenile
3. Young Adult
4. Adulthood
5. Death
K Selected
1. Large organism
2. Energy used to make each individual high
3. Few offspring are produced
4. Late maturity
5. Long life expectancy
6. Produce more than one offspring in their lifetime
7. Survivorship pattern
Other Breeding Programs
1. In captivity in Zoos
2. Very little attention
3. More for tourist attractions
4. Inbreeding depression is threatening the spider monkeys
5. Haven't been successful
6. Zoological is being presented with false information
My Breeding Program
1. Captivity Diet
  1. Bark
  2. Trees
  3. Celery
  4. Bananas
  5. Raisins
  6. Apple
  7. Orange
  8. Carrot
  9. Lettuce
  10. Wheat Bread
2. Female picks a male to mate with before they are put in captivity
3. Females to be at different reproductive stages
  1. To make sure The Spider Monkeys are producing babies at different times
4. Only one sex in each captivity program
5. Highly monitored
  1. To stop inbreeding
  2. Fix problems
6. female only picks one male to breed with for the rest of her lifetime.
7. Fresh Drinking water
8. ropes above the water to encourage suspensory drinking positions
9. Shelter for extreme weather
10. The enclosure will be changed regularly for variation for both the monkeys and regular visitors
Scientific Name
1. Lifestyle: Troop
2. Kingdom: Animalia
3. Phylum: Chordata
4. Class: Mammalia
5. Order: Primates
6. Family: Atelidae
7. Genus: Ateles

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