The monkeys of the world fall into a couple of Families and Genus. Like all other monkeys, the spider monkey is a primate and has hands that can grasp and eyes that face front. This is because they are tree climbers . Their forward facing eyes make them able to tell distances as they move around in the trees above the ground. The spider monkey tail is especially long.
Most monkeys live in South and Central America so that it is warm all year.
Monkeys most normally stay in the same location all year long. The spider monkeys travel in small groups, and they leap from treetop to treetop, sometimes holding on to a branch from one tree while reaching out to grab a branch from another tree. The spider monkey has a very special tail . It is prehensile , which means it is able to grasp and hold onto something by wrapping around it. And speaking of limbs, spider monkeys have this amazing thing called brachiating arms.