Diet Geoffroy's spider monkey

prehensile tail can useful when feeding

geoffroy s spider monkey eats fruit – preferably ripe , fleshy – , spends 70% 80% of feeding time eating fruit. leaves make of rest of diet. young leaves important provide protein can lacking in fruit. other elements of diet include flowers, bark, insects, honey, seeds , buds.

in addition providing of monkey s nutritional needs, fruit , leaves provide of water requirements. other spider monkeys, geoffroy s spider monkey drinks water tree holes , bromeliads in trees, unlike other spider monkeys, drinks terrestrial water sources.