black-headed spider monkey vs Jentink's Duiker

Ateles fusciceps compared with Cephalophus jentinki

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black-headed spider monkey	Jentink's Duiker
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Atelidae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Ateles	Cephalophus
Species	Ateles fusciceps	Cephalophus jentinki

Evolutionary Relationship

black-headed spider monkey and Jentink's Duiker share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

black-headed spider monkey

EN — Endangered

Jentink's Duiker

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black-headed spider monkey	Jentink's Duiker
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black-headed spider monkey

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Jentink's Duiker

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

black-headed spider monkey

The Black-Headed Spider Monkey (Ateles fusciceps) is a species in the genus Ateles. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.