Editing Spider monkey (section)

==Cultural depictions==
[[File:Cylinder Vase with spider monkeys, 650-750 AD, Maya culture, central Peten lowlands, Belize or Guatemala, earthenware with brown-black slip - Gardiner Museum, Toronto - DSC01166.JPG|thumb|alt=Pic|[[Maya ceramics|Maya vase]] depicting a spider monkey, 650–750 AD]]

Spider monkeys are found in many aspects of the [[Mesoamerica]]n cultures. In the Aztec 260-day calendar, Spider Monkey (Nahua ''Ozomatli'') serves as the name for the 11th day. In the corresponding Maya calendar, [[Howler Monkey]] (Batz) is substituted for Spider Monkey.<ref>{{cite book |author=Bingham, Ann |title=South and Meso-American Mythology A to Z |publisher=[[Infobase Publishing|Facts on File Inc.]] |year=2004 |page=77 |isbn=978-0-8160-4889-2}}</ref> In present-day Maya religious feasts, spider monkey impersonators serve as a kind of demonic clowns.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mesoamerica-foundation.org/cultureandhistory/themayamonkey.html |title=The Maya monkey |publisher=Meso-America Foundation |access-date=November 12, 2013 |archive-date=November 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112055912/http://www.mesoamerica-foundation.org/cultureandhistory/themayamonkey.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In Classical Maya art, they are ubiquitous, often shown carrying cacao pods.

''[[Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys]]'' features a spider monkey named Spydor who is the smallest of the crew.