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==Description== Woolly monkeys are closely related to [[spider monkey]]s.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal|last=Stevenson|first=P. R.|year=2006|title=Activity and ranging patterns of colombian woolly monkeys in north-western amazonia|journal=Primates|volume=47|issue=3|pages=239β47|pmid=16505944|doi=10.1007/s10329-005-0172-6|s2cid=10831742 }}</ref> They have a thick brown coat with dark gray appendages. The stomach area is black and heads are light brown. The fur color is the same for both males and females. Variation in color exist among subspecies. A prehensile tail assists in climbing and fulfills many functions of an opposable thumb. Arm and legs are about equal in length.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/woolly_monkey/taxon|title=Primate Factsheets: Woolly monkey (Lagothrix) Taxonomy, Morphology, & Ecology|website=Primate Info Net|publisher=National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin|language=en|access-date=2017-08-03}}</ref> All species are large, weighing around {{convert|7|kg|lb}}.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Defler|first=T.|title=Aspects of the Ranging Pattern in a Group of Wild Woolly Monkeys (Lagothrix lagothricha)|journal=American Journal of Primatology|volume=38|issue=4|year=1996|pages=289β302|doi=10.1002/(sici)1098-2345(1996)38:4<289::aid-ajp1>3.0.co;2-v|pmid=31918484 |s2cid=85137196 }}</ref> Males weigh 45% more than females on average but are of equal length.<ref name=":0" />
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