MURIQUIS
MURIQUIS
The muriquis are the Brachyteles genus with two species.
MURIQUIS
Genus: Brachyteles
Brachyteles hypoxanthus
CONSERVATION STATUS: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
Northern muriquis, or northern woolly spider monkeys, are endemic to the country of Brazil. They occupy the states of Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, and Bahia—and a recently confirmed single population resides in Rio de Janeiro within Itatiaia National Park, on the border of Minas Gerais in the Serra da Mantiqueira mountain range…
Brachyteles arachnoides
CONSERVATION STATUS: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
Southern muriquis, or southern woolly spider monkeys, are endemic to the country of Brazil. They occupy fragments of submontane and montane evergreen tropical primary and secondary forests, 1,312–5,906 ft (400–1,800 m) above sea level, along the Atlantic coast within the states of southeastern Minas Gerais, northern…