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title: "Czepiak czarnolicy"
description: "Ateles chamek — Ssaki. The Peruvian spider monkey (Ateles chamek), also known as the black-faced black spider monkey, is a species of spider monkey that lives in Peru, as well as in Brazil and in Bolivia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/black-faced-black-spider-monkey
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Czepiak czarnolicy

> Ateles chamek — Ssaki. The Peruvian spider monkey (Ateles chamek), also known as the black-faced black spider monkey, is a species of spider monkey that lives in Peru, as well as in Brazil and in Bolivia.

- Scientific name: *Ateles chamek*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `jungle` (Dżungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 911
- Wikidata: [Q280520](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q280520)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43410](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43410)

## Names

- en: Black-faced Black Spider Monkey
- de: Schwarzgesichtklammeraffe
- es: Mono Araña Peruano
- fr: Atèle à tête noire
- nl: Zwartgezichtslingeraap
- pt: Macaco-aranha-peruano
- pl: Czepiak czarnolicy

## Countries with the most observations

PE (405), BR (164), BO (52)

## Summary

The Peruvian spider monkey (Ateles chamek), also known as the black-faced black spider monkey, is a species of spider monkey that lives in Peru, as well as in Brazil and in Bolivia. At 60 centimetres (2 feet) long, they are relatively large among species of monkey, and their strong, prehensile tails can be up to 1 m (3 ft) long. Unlike many species of monkey, they have only a vestigial thumb, an adaptation which enables them to travel using brachiation. Peruvian spider monkeys live in groups of 20–30 individuals, but these groups are rarely all together simultaneously. The size and dynamics of the resulting subgroups…

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

## Photo

![Czepiak czarnolicy](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-faced-black-spider-monkey/medium.jpg)

Photo: Manuel Roncal · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/341719326

## Machine access

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