Biodiversity - Woolly Monkey

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Biodiversity - Woolly Monkey
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Woolly Monkeys are found throughout the northern countries of South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Peru). Although their ideal habitat is humid and mature tropical forests, they often inhabit high elevation cloud forests, seasonally flooded rainforests, and forests near rivers in Colombia’s eastern plains region.

This species lives in groups ranging from 10-45 individuals. Foraging groups, however, tend to consist of 2-6 individuals, which branch off from the main group into different trees. Woolly Monkeys have a diet that consists primarily of fruit, although leaves, seeds, flowers, and invertebrates are also consumed.

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