Mexico is part of North America. There are 3 species of primate in southern Mexico. they are restricted to the northern limit of the tropical rain forest. They are very different than savanna living monkeys. read more
For the species of monkeys that called North America home, this meant destruction - for them and their tropical environments. In fact, the only monkey species on Earth that survived the Grande Coupe were the ones around the Equator, which, in the Western Hemisphere, means South America. read more
Temperatures dropped, most North American monkeys died out, and what was left were the platyrrhines—the serviceable but unadaptable monkeys that keep to the trees in the hotter parts of South America. Since that time, there’s never been a suitable hot, continuous band of trees to allow them to expand from South to North America. read more