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title: "Northern Muriqui"
description: "Brachyteles hypoxanthus — Mammals. The northern muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) is one of two species of muriqui."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/northern-muriqui
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Muriqui

> Brachyteles hypoxanthus — Mammals. The northern muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) is one of two species of muriqui.

- Scientific name: *Brachyteles hypoxanthus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 145
- Wikidata: [Q559289](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q559289)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74115](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74115)

## Names

- en: Northern Muriqui
- de: Nördlicher Spinnenaffe
- es: Muriqui
- fr: Muriqui du Nord
- nl: Noordelijke spinaap
- pt: Muriqui-do-norte

## Countries with the most observations

BR (129)

## Summary

The northern muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) is one of two species of muriqui. They are also known as woolly spider monkey because they exhibit the woollen pelt of woolly monkeys and the long prehensile tail of spider monkeys. Muriquis are the largest extant New World monkeys. They can reach 4.3 feet or 1.3 metres long and weight up to 7 to 10 kilograms (15 to 22 lb).
The northern muriqui is a critically endangered species, it is estimated that there are fewer than 1,000 mature individuals in the wild. The species is unusual among primates in that males and females are about the same size. Males are no bigger or…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_muriqui

## Photo

![Northern Muriqui](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-muriqui/medium.jpg)

Photo: NINA WENÓLI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232289720

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-muriqui?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).