Woolly monkey

Woolly monkeys have coat colour variations including dark brown, red-brown, gray and olive. Their back sides are usually lighter in color than their under-belly sides. They have black faces, and the palms of their hands are a deep pink color. The four species of woolly monkey all originate from the rainforests of South America. They have prehensile tails and live in relatively large social groups.

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Colombian woolly monkey

phylum	Chordata	The Colombian woolly monkey, Lagothrix lugens, is a critically endangered species of woolly monkey from Colombia and possibly also Venezuela. Woolly monkeys average 40–60 cm (16–24 inches) in length, excluding the thick and somewhat longer prehensile tail. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to New World monkey
class	Mammalia
infraclass	Eutheria
order	Primates
family	Atelidae
genus	Lagothrix
species	L. lugens

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