What kinds of monkeys live in the rainforest?
More than 20% of the world’s primates, roughly 50 species, are found in Amazonia, making it one of the most diversified regions in the world. The monkeys of the rain forest are divided into three categories: Callitrichidae, Callimiconidae and Cebidae. The spider monkey (Ateles sp.) weighs up to 12 kilograms, is the largest member of this group in Amazonia, while the smallest in the region and in the world for that matter is the pygmy marmoset (Ebuella pygmeae) weighing less than 150 grams. A list of some of the other monkeys of the rain forest include: Callimiconidae (a monkey discovered at the beginning of the last century), squirrel monkeys (weigh around 1 kilogram and live in bands of around 50), the brown capuchin, sakis (live in bands of 30 and found in the Rio Negro and Rio Madeira region), the red uakari and black uakari (live in groups of 45), and then there are the larger monkeys like the howler monkeys and woolly monkeys. They live in small bands of three to seven individuals
