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title: "Long-haired spider monkey"
description: "Ateles hybridus — Ssaki. The brown spider monkey or variegated spider monkey (Ateles hybridus) is a critically endangered species of spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, from forests in northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/long-haired-spider-monkey
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Long-haired spider monkey

> Ateles hybridus — Ssaki. The brown spider monkey or variegated spider monkey (Ateles hybridus) is a critically endangered species of spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, from forests in northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela.

- Scientific name: *Ateles hybridus*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `jungle` (Dżungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 150
- Wikidata: [Q790630](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q790630)
- iNaturalist taxon: [74091](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/74091)

## Names

- en: Long-haired spider monkey
- de: Braune Klammeraffe
- es: Mono Frontino
- fr: Atèle varié
- nl: Bruine slingeraap
- pt: Macaco-aranha-marrom

## Countries with the most observations

CO (92), VE (8)

## Summary

The brown spider monkey or variegated spider monkey (Ateles hybridus) is a critically endangered species of spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, from forests in northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela.
Like all spider monkeys, it has long, slender limbs and a long prehensile tail. The brown spider monkey has a whitish belly and patch on the forehead, and – highly unusual among spider monkeys – its eyes can be pale blue.

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

## Photo

![Long-haired spider monkey](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/long-haired-spider-monkey/medium.jpg)

Photo: Yuliana Vanessa Oliveros Saavedra · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/277183572

## Machine access

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