Brown Spider Monkey vs Narrow swordfern

Ateles hybridus compared with Nephrolepis cordifolia

Key Differences

• Brown Spider Monkey is Critically Endangered while Narrow swordfern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Spider Monkey	Narrow swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Tier)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Säugetiere)	Polypodiopsida (Echte Farne)
Order	Primates (Primaten)	Polypodiales (Tüpfelfarnartige)
Family	Atelidae	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Ateles	Nephrolepis
Species	Ateles hybridus	Nephrolepis cordifolia

Conservation Status

Brown Spider Monkey

CR — Critically Endangered

Narrow swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Spider Monkey	Narrow swordfern
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.

Narrow swordfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Sweden), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia