Named after the German zoologist Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, it is found in Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.

[4][5][6] Silvery woolly monkeys are habituated across the Amazonia, and are found in mature closed-canopy rainforest.

[9] Silvery woolly monkeys spend less time resting in comparison to other ateline primates.

[8] Silvery woolly monkeys participate in play behaviour by chasing and grappling in groups of 2-5 individuals.

[10] Silvery woolly monkey reproductive events are the season with births mainly occurring between May and September.

[7] Silvery woolly monkeys spend a majority of their day on subsistence activity; consuming plants and foraging for animal prey.

[10] Silvery woolly monkeys will spit out the seeds of fruits to solely eat the flesh.