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title: "Southern Muriqui"
description: "Brachyteles arachnoides — Mammiferi. The southern muriqui (Brachyteles arachnoides) is a muriqui (woolly spider monkey) species endemic to Brazil."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/southern-muriqui
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southern Muriqui

> Brachyteles arachnoides — Mammiferi. The southern muriqui (Brachyteles arachnoides) is a muriqui (woolly spider monkey) species endemic to Brazil.

- Scientific name: *Brachyteles arachnoides*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 344
- Wikidata: [Q1140418](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1140418)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43404](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43404)

## Names

- en: Southern Muriqui
- de: Südlicher Spinnenaffe
- es: Mono Carvoeiro
- fr: Brachytèle araignée
- nl: Zuidelijke spinaap
- pt: Muriqui-do-sul
- pl: Muriki szary

## Countries with the most observations

BR (323)

## Summary

The southern muriqui (Brachyteles arachnoides) is a muriqui (woolly spider monkey) species endemic to Brazil.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Paulo Mascaretti · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/220516105

## Machine access

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