Photo: Critically Endangered Mexican spider monkey with baby

Posted By jlhance on Feb 27, 2011 in Photography, Photos, Wildlife

The Mexican spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi vellerosus), a subspecies of Geoffroy’s spider monkey, is classified as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List. Surviving in Mexico and parts of Central America, the species has been decimated by habitat loss. These shots were taken in Mexico. Photos by: Rhett A. Butler.