spider monkeys

Spide r monkeys live in rain forests in Brazil and Mexico, they lived in packs of 40 but split up into smaller groups when hunting. when threatened spider monkeys wil bark to scare off other animals.

Black headed spidermonkeys are one of the worlds largest monkey. its head and body are around 45 cm not including the tale.

Golden Lion Tarmarin

Today I am going to talk about the Golden lion Tamarin because they are unusual and are a personal favourite because they are a distinct Orange colour. They have long golden orange hair around their head. They move around every single day and never stay in the same place more then one day in a row.At night time they sleep I hollow trees. Golden Lion Tamarins only weigh around 500-600 grams. there is only 1500 Golden lions in the wild. They live the forrest of Brazil, they prefer swamp land because its humid and close canopied areas.

Monkeys live in Asia and Africa. There are many different types of monkeys in the world. Chimpanzees are the closest living things to humans. Chimpanzees are related to oranguatans and humans Chimpanze .The two species called Pan species, bonoba and common chimpanzees, split about one million years ago.

Orangutans are native to indonasia and Malaysia . Oranguatans are endangered at the moment. they are the only member of the Ponginae left.  Ponginaes split into two species and spread into asia from Africa 16-19 millions years ago. The Orangutans eat bark, insects and bird eggs. they are illegal to have as pets.  They are orange but have black faces , they are large and live in trees. I got this information from Wikipedia.

Gorillas lived in sub tropical rain forests in Africa. Some live in Virunda volcanos. Others live n Rwanda. There are 2 gorilla species and four sub species. Two species of gorilla are the Eastern and the Western Gorillas. The Eatern Gorrila is the biggest Primate in the world. The western gorilla looks very similar to the Eastern Gorillas but aren't as big.

introduction: this my blog on monkeys and I am looking at all the different monkeys in the different continents and I will update this blog once a week.