Brown Spider Monkey vs Dingy Dowd

Ateles hybridus compared with Blastobasis adustella

Key Differences

• Brown Spider Monkey is Critically Endangered while Dingy Dowd is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Spider Monkey	Dingy Dowd
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Atelidae	Blastobasidae
Genus	Ateles	Blastobasis
Species	Ateles hybridus	Blastobasis adustella

Evolutionary Relationship

Brown Spider Monkey and Dingy Dowd share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Brown Spider Monkey

CR — Critically Endangered

Dingy Dowd

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Spider Monkey	Dingy Dowd
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown Spider Monkey

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

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

Dingy Dowd

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

Brown Spider Monkey

The Brown Spider Monkey (Ateles hybridus) is a species in the genus Ateles. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the