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Black-headed spider monkey

Ateles fusciceps Gray, 1866

ENEndangeredprimates

The black-headed spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps) is a species in the family Atelidae, order Primates. Recorded adults weigh 7.27 kg to 9.1 kg and live up to 44.5 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Endangered.

Black-headed spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps)
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Quick facts about the black-headed spider monkey

Weight
7.27 kg – 9.1 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
44.5 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
48 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
227 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
4.98 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
0.5src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the black-headed spider monkey live?

Not recorded

What is the black-headed spider monkey?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The black-headed spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps) is a species of spider monkey from Central and South America, specifically Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. Although primatologists such as Colin Groves (1989) follow Kellogg and Goldman (1944) in treating A. fusciceps as a separate species, other authors, including Froelich (1991), Collins and Dubach (2001) and Nieves (2005) treat it as a subspecies of Geoffroy's spider monkey.

The two subspecies are:

Ateles fusciceps fusciceps – northwestern Ecuador.

Ateles fusciceps rufiventris – southwest Colombia to eastern Panama.

From the Wikipedia article “Black-headed spider monkey” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black-headed_spider_monkey&oldid=1356900189), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the black-headed spider monkey endangered?

The black-headed spider monkey is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Endangered species.

How is the black-headed spider monkey classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderPrimates
  5. familyAtelidae
  6. genusAteles
  7. SpeciesAteles fusciceps Gray, 1866
Other names and names in other languages (27)
  • Brown-headed spider monkeyEnglish
  • Brown-headed spider monkeyEnglish
  • Brown-headed spider monkeyEnglish
  • سعدان عنكبوتي بني الرأسArabic
  • chápan hnědohlavýCzech
  • Sorthovedet edderkoppeabeDanish
  • BraunkopfklammeraffeGerman
  • Braunkopf-KlammeraffeGerman
  • Μαυροκέφαλος ΑραχνοπίθηκοςGreek
  • BracilargoSpanish
  • Marimonda del ChocóSpanish
  • Mono araña de cabeza marrónSpanish
  • Mono araña de cabeza negraSpanish
  • kolumbianhämähäkkiapinaFinnish
  • Atèle à tête bruneFrench
  • Singe-araignée à tête bruneFrench
  • barnafejű pókmajomHungarian
  • Atele dalle mani bruneItalian
  • コロンビアクロクモザルJapanese
  • BrunhodeklamreapeNorwegian Bokmål
  • BruinkopslingeraapDutch
  • czepiak ciemnyPolish
  • Macaco-aranha-de-cara-pretaPortuguese
  • Macaco-aranha-de-cabeça-pretaPortuguese
  • Буроголовая коатаRussian
  • Kahverengi başlı yünlü örümcek maymunuTurkish
  • 棕頭蜘蛛猴Chinese

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Relatives of the black-headed spider monkey

Other species in the same genus Ateles.

CompareBlack-headed spider monkey vs Geoffroy's spider monkeyBlack-headed spider monkey vs Red-faced spider monkeyBlack-headed spider monkey vs Brown spider monkeyBlack-headed spider monkey vs White-bellied spider monkey

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the black-headed spider monkey?

An adult black-headed spider monkey weighs 7.27 kg – 9.1 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the black-headed spider monkey endangered?

The black-headed spider monkey is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

How long does the black-headed spider monkey live?

The black-headed spider monkey has a recorded lifespan of 44.5 years.

How long is the black-headed spider monkey pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 227 days.

What kind of animal is the black-headed spider monkey?

The black-headed spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps) belongs to the family Atelidae in the order Primates.

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@misc{black_headed_spider_monkey_2026,
  title = {Black-headed spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-headed-spider-monkey},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}