A Variegated Or Brown Spider Monkey Crouching Stock Photography

In Colombia and Venezuela, Brown Spider Monkeys are subject to pervasive habitat loss and to hunting In Colombia the habitat of Brown Spider Monkeys is extremely fragmented, and currently less than 20% of the historical distribution remains There may be a few populations of adequate size to be viable in the mid- to long-term Habitat alteration appears to be the most important threat to the Venezuelan population of the Brown Spider Monkey. The lowland forest of the state of Zulia and the piedmont of the Perijá Mountains are heavily destroyed by expanding cattle ranching activities.As in this picture, most variegated spider monkeys have a white, triangular patch that sits atop their brow which makes them actually stand out from comparable species.