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title: "Guiana Spider Monkey"
description: "Ateles paniscus — Mammiferi. The red-faced spider monkey (Ateles paniscus), also known as the Guiana spider monkey or red-faced black spider monkey, is a species of spider monkey found in the rain forests in northern South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/guiana-spider-monkey
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Guiana Spider Monkey

> Ateles paniscus — Mammiferi. The red-faced spider monkey (Ateles paniscus), also known as the Guiana spider monkey or red-faced black spider monkey, is a species of spider monkey found in the rain forests in northern South America.

- Scientific name: *Ateles paniscus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 288
- Wikidata: [Q781191](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q781191)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43408](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43408)

## Names

- en: Guiana Spider Monkey
- de: Rotgesichtklammeraffe
- es: Mono araña negro
- fr: Atèle noir
- nl: Bosduivel
- pt: Macaco-aranha-preto
- pl: Czepiak czarny

## Countries with the most observations

GF (103), GY (60), BR (27), SR (25)

## Summary

The red-faced spider monkey (Ateles paniscus), also known as the Guiana spider monkey or red-faced black spider monkey, is a species of spider monkey found in the rain forests in northern South America.
The species faces issues with hunting and habitat loss, so is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Redlist.

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

## Photo

![Guiana Spider Monkey](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/guiana-spider-monkey/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/340958776

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/guiana-spider-monkey?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).