In Mexico there are only three species of primates and all are threatened.

Taking care of our monkeys is taking care of many other animal and plant
species. Monkeys are one of those "guardians of the jungle" animals.
Mexico City, September 26 (WithoutEmbargo).– It's just any afternoon. The car runs on the
Catazajá – Palenque road in Chiapas; two municipalities located in the jungle area of the state
and in which, of jungle, there is little. Most of the land on the shores of this section is
"pelones" and is used for livestock. If at any time you notice a thick green it is because you
are seeing the oil palms (exotic plant species) that are used for that industry.

A silhouette is seen in the distance. He looks just between the mountain of the shore and
seems to notice that the car is approaching. He was a man, who once saw the vehicle approach
stretched out an arm. I was shaking him a little, like I was stopping him.

In his hand, a monkey held himself barely; surrounded by a loop or chain. What surrounded
him was indifferent, still depriving him of liberty. She was a baby. Experts explain that to
get one of them the hunters kill the mothers and sometimes other members of the colony.

That monkey will probably be someone's pet, but not the ones in the vehicle. He went his
way without using the brake. The seller (hunter?) understood the message. It was time to get
back into the bushes until someone was interested in buying you that exotic animal.
Example of howler monkey (also known as "saraguatos") Photo: Shutterstock
The illegal hunting and sale of monkeys that inhabit our forests is just one of the causes that
have put in some risk category the three species that live in Mexico. Two of them in Danger
of Extinction. The black howler monkey, Mexican mantle howler and spider monkey (with
its two subspecies) also fight day by day also against the accelerated destruction and
fragmentation of their habitats, the ravages of climate change and even outrage.

Despite the advances in Mexican primatology, practical results in the conservation of these
animals are still few and the challenge is growing. According to a document published by the
National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (Conabio), the Mexican
Association of Primatology A.C. (AMP), and the National Commission of Protected Areas
(Conanp); listing the Primate Conservation Priorities in Mexico "their populations are
severely threatened inside and outside protected areas, [although] they play a key ecological
role in the regeneration of our forests and can bring economic benefits in rural communities."

The progress in their conservation is opaque despite the being that the three Mexican primates
are classified as species protected by the Secretariat of the Environment and Natural
Resources (Semarnat) and have been declared priority species for conservation in Mexico.
The last official effort was carried out in 2012, with the creation of a Programme of Action
for the Conservation of Primate Species (PACE), in collaboration with experts in the field.

Victor Arroyo-Rodríguez, Doctor of Science and member of the AMP for more than ten
years, was one of them. He explains to SinEmbargo that this program is "a very important
step forward, as it established the guidelines and strategies to be followed for the conservation
of species". These include: generating information to identify priority distribution areas,
develop ingesting and promoting scientific and outreach research, and assess the current state
of wild primate populations and their habitat as well as the effect of conservation actions and
their threats.
It is a good program, Arroyo says, but from its creation to these days, it is very difficult to
clearly identify the progress: "In fact, one of the actions that was proposed was the monitoring
of the populations, but because of logistical issues and economic issues there has been no
developed." With such monitoring, scientists and conservationists would have a clear idea of
the status of Mexican primates.
"There has never been a long-term monitoring program," the scientist continues. We do know
where they are distributed and that their range of distribution has been reduced, but we cannot
locate red dots where they are disappearing. Although priority areas for the conservation of
primates have already been identified."

In order of importance, the priority sites are Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas (with 30 percent
of the potential range of these species) Campeche, Quintana Roo and Yucatan (with 25
percent) and finally Veracruz and Tabasco (with 25 percent). These territories correspond to
a total of "71 thousand 808 km2 and coincide with 33.7% with protected areas and between
32.6 and 80 percent with priority land sites according to the region of study", indicates
information from the Conabio.

THE MONKEY, A GUARDIAN OF THE JUNGLE

The black howler monkey is a species that is distributed throughout Mesoamerica. Photo:
Shutterstock
Like other animals that are priority to conserve in our country, primates are considered
animals of great socio-economic and cultural value, as well as of international importance.
They are valued as key species, indicators and parasol.

An umbrella species is one that when preserved, allows not only to recover its populations at
risk, but also those of others that share its habitat (both animal and plant) and that play an
important role in its ecosystem. In this case, primates perform ecological functions
fundamental to the permanence of tropical forests, home to the largest variety of species in
the country.

According to the PACE of primates, these are "excellent seed dispersers, so they contribute
to the maintenance of tree diversity and forest structure and, on the other hand, by requiring
relatively large areas in good conservation, the Spider monkeys and howlers can be
considered as indicator species that help in the formulation of conservation strategies and
their monitoring in wooded areas where they still maintain healthy populations."

Despite their great importance, they face different threats every day. The challenges for its
conservation "are the common ones facing biodiversity in general," explains Dr. Arroyo,
"they are actions to conserve and create more reserves. It is that biologists work in
conjunction with the people who own the territories in which they are distributed. It's the
indiscriminate use of resources. It's capitalism. It is to lay down jungles to plant crops with
inefficient use of the land. It is the destruction and fragmentation of its habitat. It's climate
change..."

The scientist adds that legislation is inefficient and insufficient in terms of forest protection,
in the sense that it exists, but is not practiced.

To conserve, he says, "we need a much more productive use of agricultural and livestock
systems so that we can dedicate many more areas to conservation, we need awareness work
so that people understand the needs of the species and then keep your forests in addition,
biologists need to learn to work with people."

We need will. He argues: "Political will is needed, because without it we cannot do much
and, unfortunately, gaining political will is a very complicated thing in such a corrupt
country. We need people's will and a little more empathy, because a lot of the one in urban
areas is totally detached from this natural environment and believes that it is not dependent
on it, but it is not so...

In the case of the communities that own the territories in which the monkeys live, Arroyo
indicates that their role is fundamental, as conservation would not be possible without their
collaboration. "Most monkeys inhabit fragmented landscapes, surrounded by villages that are
mainly ejidale terrain. So the collaboration of its inhabitants is essential."

"In Mexico, people like primates, and I think there's a lot of empathy with them. Awareness-
raising work is needed to care for the forests that inhabit, because in short, their main threat
is the destruction and fragmentation of their habitat," he says.

Thus, taking care of our monkeys is to take care of our jungles. And vice versa.

In Mexico there are only three species of primates and all are threatened.
Taking care of our monkeys is taking care of many other animal and plant
species. Monkeys are one of those "guardians of the jungle" animals.
Mexico City, September 26 (WithoutEmbargo).– It's just any afternoon. The car runs on the
Catazajá – Palenque road in Chiapas; Two municipalities located in the jungle area of the
state and in which, of jungle, there is little. Most of the land on the shores of this section is
"pelones" and is used for livestock. If at any time you notice a thick green it is because you
are seeing the oil palms (exotic plant species) that are used for that industry.

A silhouette is seen in the distance. He looks just between the mountain of the shore and
seems to notice that the car is approaching. He was a man, who eleven saw the vehicle
approach stretched out an arm. I was shaking him a little, like I was stopping him.

In his hand, a monkey held himself barely; surrounded by a loop or chain. What surrounded
him was indifferent, still depriving him of liberty. She was a baby. Experts explain that to
get one of them sometimes kill the mothers and other members of the colony.

That monkey will probably be someone's pet, but not the ones in the vehicle. I went his way
without using the brake. The seller (hunter?) understood the message. It was time to get
back into the bushes until someone was interested in buying you that exotic animal.
Example of howler monkey (also known as "saraguatos") Photo: Shutterstock
The illegal hunting and sale of monkeys that inhabit our forests is just one of the causes that
have put in some risk category the three species that live in Mexico. Two of them in Danger
of Extinction. The black howler monkey, Mexican mantle howler and spider monkey (with
its two subspecies) also fight day by day also against the accelerated destruction and
fragmentation of their habitats, the ravages of climate change and even outrage.

Despite the advances in Mexican primatology, practical results in the conservation of these
animals are still few and the challenge is growing. According to a document published by
the National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (Conabio), the Mexican
Association of Primatology A.C. (AMP), and the National Commission of Protected Areas
(Conanp); The Primate Conservation Priorities in Mexico "their populations are severely
threatened inside and outside protected areas, [although] they play a key ecological role in
the regeneration of our forests and can bring economic benefits in rural communities."

The progress in their conservation is opaque despite the being that the three Mexican
primates are classified as species protected by the Secretariat of the Environment and
Natural Resources (Semarnat) and have been declared priority species for conservation in
Mexico. The last official effort was carried out in 2012, with the creation of a Programme of
Action for the Conservation of Primate Species (PACE), in collaboration with experts in the
field.

Victor Arroyo-Rodríguez, Doctor of Science and member of the AMP for more than ten
years, was one of them. He explains to SinEmbargo that this program is "a very important
step forward, as it established the guidelines and strategies to be followed for the
conservation of species". These include: generating information to identify priority
distribution areas, develop ingesting and promoting scientific and outreach research, and
assess the current state of wild primate populations and their habitat as well as effect of
conservation actions and their threats.
It is a good program, Arroyo says, but from its creation to these days, it is very difficult to
clearly identify the progress: "In fact, one of the actions that was proposed was the
monitoring of the populations, but because of logistical issues and economic issues there
has been not developed." With such monitoring, scientists and conservationists would have
a clear idea of the status of Mexican primates.

"There has never been a long-term monitoring program," the scientist continues. We do
know where they are distributed and that their range of distribution has been reduced, but
we cannot locate red dots where they are disappearing. Although priority areas for the
conservation of primates have already been identified."

In order of importance, the priority sites are Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas (with 30 percent
of the potential range of these species) Campeche, Quintana Roo and Yucatan (with 25
percent) and finally Veracruz and Tabasco (with 25 percent). These territories correspond
to a total of "71 thousand 808 km2 and coincide with 33.7% with protected areas and
between 32.6 and 80 percent with priority land sites according to the region of study",
indicates information from the Conabio.

THE MONKEY, A GUARDIAN OF THE JUNGLE

The black howler monkey is a species that is distributed throughout Mesoamerica. Photo:
Shutterstock
Like other animals that are priority to conserve in our country, primates are considered
animals of great socio-economic and cultural value, as well as of international importance.
They are valued as key species, indicators and parasol.

An umbrella species is one that when to preserved, allows not only to recover its
populations at risk, but also those of others that share its habitat (both animal and plant)
and that play an important role in its ecosystem. In this case, primates perform ecological
functions fundamental to the permanence of tropical forests, home to the largest variety
of species in the country.

According to the PACE of primates, these are "excellent seed dispersers, so they contribute
to the maintenance of tree diversity and forest structure and, on the other hand, by
requiring relatively large areas in good conservation, the Spider monkeys and howlers can
be considered as indicator species that help in the formulation of conservation strategies
and their monitoring in wooded areas where they still maintain healthy populations."

Despite their great importance, they face different threats every day. The challenges for its
conservation "are the common ones facing biodiversity in general," explains Dr. Arroyo,
"they are actions to conserve and create more reserves. It is that biologists work in
conjunction with the people who own territories in which they are distributed. It's the
indiscriminate use of resources. It's capitalism. It is to lay down jungles to plant crops with
inefficient use of the land. It is the destruction and fragmentation of its habitat. It's climate
change..."

The scientist adds that legislation is inefficient and insufficient in terms of forest protection,
in the sense that it exists, but is not practiced.

To conserve, he says, "we need a much more productive use of agricultural and livestock
systems so that we can dedicate many more areas to conservation, we need awareness
work so that people understand the needs of the and then keep your forests in addition ,
biologists need to learn to work with people."

We need will. He argues: "Political will be needed, because without it we cannot do much
and, unfortunately, gaining political will is a very very complicated complicated in such a
corrupt country. We need people's will and a little more empathy, because a lot of the one
in urban areas is totally fromtached from this natural environment and believes that it is
not dependent on it, but it is not so...

In the case of the communities that own the territories in which the monkeys live, Arroyo
indicates that their role is fundamental, as conservation would not be possible without their
collaboration. "Most monkeys inhabit fragmented landscapes, surrounded by villages that
are mainly ejidale terrain. So the collaboration of its inhabitants is essential."

"In Mexico, people like primates, and I think there's a lot of empathy with them. Awareness-
raising work is necessary to care for the forests that inhabit, because in short, their main
threat is the destruction and fragmentation of their habitat," he says.

Thus, taking care of our monkeys is to take care of our jungles. And vice versa.
Mono araña especie en peligro de extinción.
El mono araña es una especie que se encuentra en peligro de extinción

Mono araña especie en peligro de extinción.

El mono araña es uno de los mayores representantes de la fauna de los bosques tropicales
de México, y se encuentra en peligro de extinción. Este primate ha logrado sobrevivir a las
operaciones de explotación maderera y a los desmontes de su hábitat.
Actualmente se encuentra en peligro de extinción. Habita en los bosques que se extienden
de México a Brasil, principalmente en la selva amazónica.
Características del mono araña
El mono araña pertenece al género “Ateles geoffroyi” conocido también como chango.
Vive en la punta de los árboles y solo baja al suelo para comer y beber agua.
Principalmente se alimentan de raíces, frutas, granos, hojas tiernas, huevos y pequeños
vertebrados.
Su bandada normalmente se compone de 10 a 50 monos y estos se agrupan en unidades
familiares.
Su tamaño varia, pero en promedio miden entre los 36 y 66 centímetros, poseen un pelaje
oscuro, con tintes marrones más claros o colores beige, blancos en áreas del pecho, el
vientre y la zona interna de las extremidades. Unos tienen manchas en la cola, en la parte
superior del rostro y la espalda.

La cola de los moños arañas es delgada y alargada, supera incluso la longitud de su

cuerpo, ya que puede llegar a medir hasta 90 centímetros. Con esta se sujetan d las ramas
de los árboles. Posee cuatro dedos y no tiene pulgar. Su cuerpo es grueso y tiene un peso
de 6 a 10 kilogramos.
Su madurez sexual la alcanzan alrededor de los 5 años de edad, y su periodo de vida es de
20 años.
Su depredador natural es el puma, pero se encuentra en peligro por la sobreexplotacion
humana, la caza ilegal y el tráfico ilegal. El único país que ha creado parques para su
protección y conservación es Costa Rica.

The spider monkey is a species that is endangered

Spider monkey endangered species.

The spider monkey is one of the largest representatives of the fauna of Mexico's tropical
forests, and is endangered. This primate has managed to survive the logging operations
and the dismounting of its habitat.
It is currently endangered. It is found in forests that extend from Mexico to Brazil, mainly
in the Amazon rainforest.
Characteristics of the spider monkey
The spider monkey belongs to the genus "Ateles geoffroyi" also known as chango. It lives
at the tip of the trees and just goes down to the ground to eat and drink water. They
mainly feed on roots, fruits, grains, tender leaves, eggs and small vertebrates.
Its flock usually consists of 10 to 50 monkeys and these are grouped into family units.

Its size varies, but on average they measure between 36 and 66 centimeters, they have a
dark coat, with lighter brown tints or beige colors, white in areas of the chest, the belly
and the inner area of the limbs. Some have spots on the tail, on the top of the face and
back.

The tail of spider buns is thin and elongated, exceeding even the length of your body, as it
can reach up to 90 centimeters. This holds the branches of the trees. He's got four fingers
and no thumb. Its body is thick and weighs 6 to 10 kilograms.
Her sexual maturity is around 5 years of age, and her lifespan is 20 years.
Its natural predator is the cougar, but it is endangered by human overexploitation, illegal
hunting and illegal trafficking. The only country that has created parks for its protection
and conservation is Costa Rica.