spider monkeys have a uniqe characteristic which makes them who they are, they have longer legs then other monkeys so that they can climb things easier and a long tail to hang on to things like a tree branch, some states allow people to keepthem as pets but some states will requier a exotic animal lisense. 

a spider monkeys scientific name is called an ateles, there order is primates. 

spider monkeys live in tropical rainforests from central mexico in the north to bolivia in the south, the also live on canopy trees,the reason why the live in the forests is because of there large size, spider monkeys require large tracts of moist evergreen forests, and prefer undisturbed primary rainforests. 

a spider monkey can get up to 34 inches long and weights 13.2 pounds 

more than a quarter of its population estimated to have been lost in just the last half a century, the spider monkey is both a umbrella  and keystone species therefore protecting the spider monkey it is also protecting the native habitat and thousands of species that rely upon it 

spider monkeys are found in south america 

spider monkeys mate every two to four years at the most, one fact is that 4 males spider monkeys mate with the same female, the male spider monkeys mate with one to four different females spider monkeys, spider monkeys only have one offspring every one to four years.   

the lead female is usally the one who directs the group, because the female spider monkey is planning the feeding route each day   

the The difference between a male and a female is their size weight and lifespan, the male spider monkey is larger than the female spider monkey 

at 2 to 4 years the spider monkey is considered a juvinile, from 4 to 5 years they are considered a sub adult, from this age on they have just reached sexual maturity but are not yet activliy breeding, because as this stage females still remain close to there mothers and will stay and asisst with younger siblings, males gravitate towards other males, but both adults and sub adults spend less time with there mothers.

spider monkeys usually live in groups with about 30 individuals which fragment into smaller groups of 3 when food is scarce.

spider monkeys play a key role in seed dispersal, which  allows their forest environment to continue to grow and thrive 

spider monkeys interact with each other by using touch, like grooming each other, as a form of communication, other movements may be used to show dominance and interact in mating. spider monkeys shake tree branches and use there arms to communicate with each other, but scientists believe  they also communicate using scent.

predators of spider monkeys include, jaguar, eagles, and hawks, as well as other primate species and snakes, the snakes can be both venomous and constrictor.

sexual competition, the male spider monkeys often compete of sexual access to a female spider monkey who are capable of transferring  between communities.

diseases, one of the most commen diseases that spider monkeys can be affected by is enteric disease, which can also be passed down to humans.

other causes, one fact is that squirrel monkeys and spider monkeys should not be in the same exhabits because squirrel monkeys are hosts of two herpesviruses that are both fatal to spider monkeys   

intra-species of spider monkeys are, red faced spider monkey, white fronted spider monkey, peruvian spider monkey, brown spider monkey, white cheeked spider monkey, black headed spider monkey, and geoffroy's spider monkey.

inter-species that also have the same diet as spider monkeys include the jamaican fruit bat, a number of flying foxes, many passerine birds, and some fish of family characidae.

what do they compete over, spider monkeys will compete over food if the food chain in low but the male spider monkeys will also compete for a female spider monkey every 2-4 years when they mate.

invasive speices affect. spider monkeys differ in range but one thing that we that nothing of is that the invasive ant species is acully a bigger threat then we thought 

what is the rating of spider monkeys, spider monkeys are rated endangered right know because the food sorce is low and they have to fight for there fruit.

population, there are only 250 spider monkeys left around the world, they are threatened by loss of habitat, hunting, and expanding oil palm pressure that threatens there very survival.

population trend, the population trend of spider monkeys is decreasing the Iucn list is listing one as vulnerble, five species as endangered, and one species as critically endangered.