Silvery Woolly Monkey

The Silvery Woolly Monkey ranges in colour from brown to orange, to chestnut to nearly black with a silvery sheen. It has a prehensile tail (a tail that is adapted to hold or grasp things) with a palm pad on the end, making it well-suited to moving through the forest canopy. This monkey is most active during the day, traveling up to 2 km per day, eating fruits, leaves, seeds, birds and small mammals and is a very useful seed dispersers. It sleeps under the canopy at night.

The Silvery Woolly Monkey lives in large, mixed groups of sometimes up to 70 individuals who do not have territories. Like most primates communication between these monkeys is both visual and vocal. Males will rub their chests to indicate hostility; receptive females smack their lips and teeth-chatter, and submission to superiors is shown by lowering or shutting the eyes while making a sobbing sound and covering the mouth.