Black-handed spider monkey  (Ateles geoffroyi)

Range

The black-handed spider monkey ranges throughout Central America in the countries of Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama (4) (5)

UNEP World Conservation Monitoring CentreView a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

An arboreal species that prefers to live in the upper levels of the canopy (4), and is found in primary and secondary rainforest, semi-deciduous forest and cloud forest, as well as mangrove swamp forest (2) (5) (7).