Spider monkeys and woolly monkeys Essays

  • Brown Spider Monkeys

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    Spider Monkeys, a type of New World monkey, are mostly found black in color but actually have several species colors including brown, red, golden and buff. Spider monkeys as a whole species live in the tropical rain forests of Central and South America and can be found as far north as Mexico. The brown spider monkey or variegated spider monkey (Ateles hybridus) is a critically endangered species of spider monkey from northern Colombia and north-western Venezuela. The taxonomic history of the

  • New World Monkeys

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    appear on the Chinese zodiac. Monkeys have many human-like traits such as communications and grooming by observing the behaviors of these amazing primates. We can see how much they are similar to humans . Also, they have different sizes, shapes and colors. Monkeys have four hands and one long tail. They use their two hind limbs as a hand to eat , to play, and to take care of their kids. Monkeys live in jungles; they tend to jump from tree to another. Furthermore, Monkeys are also used for road shows

  • Monkey Research Paper

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    Monkeys are haplorhine primates, a group generally possessing tails and consisting of about 260 known living species. Many monkey species are tree-dwelling (arboreal), although there are species that live primarily on the ground, such as baboons. Most species are also active during the day (diurnal). Monkeys are generally considered to be intelligent, particularly Old World monkeys. There are two major types of monkey: New World monkeys (platyrrhines) from South and Central America and Old World