spider monkey
noun
: any of a genus (Ateles) of New World monkeys with long slender limbs, the thumb absent or rudimentary, and a very long prehensile tail
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Poaching fears Alongside the challenges of caring for spider monkeys in captivity, animal advocates like Fischer are concerned about ways the animals get to people’s homes in the first place.
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Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025
Its inhabitants will include giant South American river otters, howler monkeys and golden lion tamarins, but the primary residents are a group of nine spider monkeys.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 3 Nov. 2025
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—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Given that the spider monkey infants are too young to be released back to the wild without a mother to feed and protect them from natural predators, they’re brought to the Texas zoo for care.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
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Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025
Its inhabitants will include giant South American river otters, howler monkeys and golden lion tamarins, but the primary residents are a group of nine spider monkeys.
—Mona Darwish, Oc Register, 3 Nov. 2025
Who wrote Robert Pattinson's 'spider monkey' line?
—Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Given that the spider monkey infants are too young to be released back to the wild without a mother to feed and protect them from natural predators, they’re brought to the Texas zoo for care.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Spider monkey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spider%20monkey. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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