Black-handed Spider Monkey
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Black-handed Spider Monkey

Ateles geoffroyi

Overview

The Osa Peninsula, Tortuguero and Corcovado are among the five atlas places where the Black-handed Spider Monkey is recorded. Records of Ateles geoffroyi concentrate in Costa Rica, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Panama, with 889 records held across eight countries.

Recording peaks from January to March, while the months with the fewest records are August, September and October.

Records
889
Countries
8
Atlas places
5
Months with records
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Each bar is the share of its 42 month-dated grid cells with records in that month.

Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Black-handed Spider Monkey as much as where it lives. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • Costa Rica
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 459 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Mexico
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 317 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Guatemala
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 68 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Belize
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 22 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Panama
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 20 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Nicaragua
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 2 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • El Salvador
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 1 record · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Honduras
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Uncommon

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Black-handed Spider Monkey