spider monkey

English

Wikispecies

A black-headed spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps)

Noun

spider monkey (plural spider monkeys)

1. Any New World monkey of the genus Ateles, with long, spindly limbs.
2. A muriqui, New World monkey of the genus Brachyteles, closely related to Ateles.

   Synonym: marimonda

Derived terms

• black-headed spider monkey, Ateles fusciceps
  • brown-headed spider monkey, Ateles fusciceps fusciceps
  • Colombian spider monkey, Ateles fusciceps rufiventris
• brown spider monkey, Ateles hybridus
• Geoffroy's spider monkey, Ateles geoffroyi
  • hooded spider monkey, Ateles geoffroyi grisescens
  • Mexican spider monkey, Ateles geoffroyi vellerosus
  • Nicaraguan spider monkey, Ateles geoffroyi geoffroyi
  • ornate spider monkey, Ateles geoffroyi ornatus
  • Yucatan spider monkey, Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis
• Peruvian spider monkey, Ateles chamek
• red-faced spider monkey, Ateles paniscus
• white-cheeked spider monkey, Ateles marginatus
• white-fronted spider monkey, Ateles belzebuth
• woolly spider monkey, monkey of the genus Brachyteles

Translations

monkey of the genus Ateles

• Afrikaans: slingeraap
• Catalan: mona aranya f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蜘蛛猴 (zhīzhūhóu)

• Dutch: slingeraap (nl) m
• Esperanto: aransimio
• Finnish: hämähäkkiapina
• German: Klammeraffe (de) m
• Irish: moncaí géagach m
• Polish: czepiak m
• Portuguese: macaco-aranha m
• Spanish: mono araña m, maquisapa m or f
• Turkish: örümcek maymunu
• Yucatec Maya: maʼax

monkey of the genus Brachyteles

• Finnish: muriki (fi)
• German: Spinnenaffe m
• Irish: moncaí géagach m