What is the spider monkey's classification?

SpeciesAteles hybridusbrown spider monkey. Ateles hybridus: information (1). SpeciesAteles marginatuswhite-whiskered spider monkey. SpeciesAteles paniscusblack spider monkey. Ateles paniscus: information (1) · ADW Pocket Guides on the iOS App Store! read more

In the Aztec 260-day calendar, Spider Monkey (Nahua Ozomatli) serves as the name for the 11th day. In the corresponding Maya calendar, Howler Monkey (Batz) is substituted for Spider Monkey. In present-day Maya religious feasts, spider monkey impersonators serve as a kind of demonic clowns. read more

Spider monkeys are primitive New World monkeys of the family ‘Atelidae’ found in tropical lowland rainforests from Mexico to South America, along the coasts and the banks of the Amazon, south to Bolivia and the Matto Grosso in Brazil and the mountain forest slopes of the Andes. read more

Diet: Spider monkeys are omnivorous more specifically they are categorized as fruigivorous because of their fruit and seed based diet. They also tend to feed on young leaves, flowers, aerial roots, occasionally bark and wood, honey, insects/insect larvae, and bird eggs. Spider monkeys eat while hanging, climbing or moving. read more

Spider monkey. Spider monkeys of the genus Ateles are New World monkeys in the subfamily Atelinae, family Atelidae. Like other atelines, they are found in tropical forests of Central and South America, from southern Mexico to Brazil. read more

All monkeys belong to the Kingdom Animalia, the Phylum Chordata, the Class Mammalia and the Order Primates. In the Order Primates, there are two families comprised of monkeys. These are the Cebidae, or New World monkeys, and the Cercopithecidae, or Old World monkeys. read more