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Brown Headed Spider Monkey. Under Threat. F ifty percent of the total species of monkeys (262) are being threatened with extinction worldwide. Fifty-eight of these endangered species live in South and Central America, 46 in Asia and 26 in Africa. Deforistation.
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Under Threat • Fifty percent of the total species of monkeys (262) are being threatened with extinction worldwide. Fifty-eight of these endangered species live in South and Central America, 46 in Asia and 26 in Africa.
Deforistation • Deforestation is dissolving the Earth's forests on a huge scale, which frequently damages the quality and value of the land. Around seventy percent of the Earth's land animals and plants live in forests; most are not able to stay alive because of the deforestation that demolishes their habitats. Deforestation also forces climate change. Forest soils are humid; nevertheless, they rapidly dry out if they are not guarded from sun-blocking tree cover. Trees help preserve the water cycle by reverting water vapour back into the air too.
The spider monkey • The large and graceful brown-headed spider monkey is one of the most threatened animals in Ecuador. Like all spider monkeys, the brown-headed spider monkey has long, thin arms; hook-like hands with no thumbs; a pot belly; and a prehensile tail which is used like a fifth limb. The brown-headed spider monkey moves around in the daytime foraging for ripe fruit, which comprises 83 percent of its diet.
Protection • Hunting of the brown-headed spider monkey is prohibited in Ecuador , and it also receives some protection from international trade under its listing on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which means that any international trade in this species should be carefully regulated . This species also occurs in several protected areas, including Los Cedros Protected Forest in Ecuador and Los Katios Natural National Park in Colombia , which should hopefully protect some populations from the threat of habitat loss.
Conservation • For effective conservation measures for the brown-headed spider monkey to be implemented, further research is required on the range, size and habitat of the remaining populations, the extent to which it is trafficked in the pet- and meat-trades, and its ability to cope with deforestation, forest fragmentation and proximity to humans.
