Head and body length 15 to 25 inches, tail 20 to 35 inches. Weight 12 to16 lbs. Hair generally coarse and stringy.
Hands are like hooks with long, narrow palms, long curved fingers, and no thumb.
Exceptionally long limbs and tail in relation to body. Tail is prehensile. Habitat description Tropical forests from southern Mexico, south to Bolivia and the Matto Grosso in Brazil. Range from sea level to higher ground. The spider monkey has always lived in its current habitat.