The species faces issues with hunting and habitat loss, so is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Redlist.

The red-faced spider monkey exhibits a fission-fusion society, associating with large groups of up to 30 individuals during the night, but choosing to spend the days travelling.

It will eat termites and grubs, but also feeds on supple leaves, flowers, mature seeds, tips of roots, fungi,[6] berries and fruit.

[3][5] The red-faced spider monkey is a habitat specialist, found in undisturbed primary rainforests,[5] in northern Brazil, Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana and Venezuela.

[3] Because of its ability to climb and jump, it tends to live in the upper layers of the rainforest trees and forages in the high canopy.