It is widely believed that Fidel Castro had something to do with it...Therefore Communism...
Hunting by native humans, and more importantly the destruction of its rainforest habitat by human development and forestry.
Three spider monkey species are officially "endangered : the white-bellied spider monkey, brown-headed spider monkey, and white-whiskered spider monkey. Other species are also being subjected to varying degrees of loss of habitat.
The brown spider monkey became endangered because of all the habitat loss. They were also threatened by hunters!!
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Spider monkeys aren't extinct; however, they are, in fact, endangered.
1969
people started destroying their habitat
May other animals would be affected, like predators and prey of spider monkey.
the population trend for spider monkeys is decreasing; the IUCN Red List lists one species as vulnerable, four species as endangered and two species as critically endangered.
A spider monkeys lifespan in the wild is about 27 years. The spider monkey is critically endangered. They have a 20% chance of going extinct in the wild within 20 years. The population is estimated at 2,000 in isolated pockets.
A monkey.
That is its common name. They are further described mostly by color and habitat. Red-faced spider monkey White-fronted spider monkey Brown spider monkey (aka Hybrid Spider Monkey) White-cheeked spider monkey Black-headed spider monkey Brown-headed spider monkey Ornate spider monkey (subspecies Geoffroy's) Peruvian spider monkey Colombian spider monkey (Geoffroy's spider monkeys:) - Yucatan spider monkey - Mexican spider monkey - Nicaraguan spider monkey
the population trend for spider monkeys is decreasing; the IUCN Red List lists one species as vulnerable, four species as endangered and two species as critically endangered.