Brown Spider Monkey vs Extra-striped Snaketail

Ateles hybridus compared with Ophiogomphus anomalus

Key Differences

Brown Spider Monkey is Critically Endangered while Extra-striped Snaketail is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Spider Monkey	Extra-striped Snaketail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Atelidae	Gomphidae
Genus	Ateles	Ophiogomphus
Species	Ateles hybridus	Ophiogomphus anomalus

Evolutionary Relationship

Brown Spider Monkey and Extra-striped Snaketail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

View Kingdom: Animalia

Conservation Status

Brown Spider Monkey

CR — Critically Endangered

Extra-striped Snaketail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Spider Monkey	Extra-striped Snaketail
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.

Extra-striped Snaketail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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