For more information about purchase of the pin contact the respiratory therapy office at 205.391.2641. Pinning Ceremony practice is conducted by the Respiratory Therapy Program faculty and staff and graduates will be notified of the practice time.
The yellow-tailed woolly monkey is just one of the world's rarest mammals and are almost extinct. They normally reach adulthood at 4 years and typically live between 10 to 16 years.
Woolly spider monkey, (genus Brachyteles), also called muriqui, extremely rare primate that lives only in the remaining Atlantic forests of southeastern Brazil. The woolly spider monkey is the largest monkey in South America and is intermediate in structure and appearance between the woolly monkeys (genus Lagothrix) and the spider monkeys (genus Ateles). Its thick fur, heavy body, and protruding abdomen are similar to those of woolly monkeys, while its reduced thumbs and long limbs resemble those of spider monkeys. 1  The woolly spider monkey is 45â63 cm (17â25 inches) long, excluding the 65â80-cm prehensile tail; females average 8 kg (17.6 pounds), males 9.6 kg.