The mantled howler (Alouatta palliata) is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central and South America. It is one of the monkey species most often seen and heard in the wild in Central America, and it takes its mantled name from the long guard hairs on its sides. It is one of the largest Central American monkeys, and males can weigh up to 9.8 kg. It is the only Central American monkey that eats large quantities of leaves, with molars that have high shearing crests and an enlarged hyoid bone near the vocal cords in males, and it therefore spends the majority of each day resting and sleeping. It is diurnal and arboreal, it is important to the rainforest ecology as a seed disperser, and the IUCN regards it as vulnerable.
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System (Realm) ThreatsBiological Resource Use 1 Relationship to People Living or Extinct Conservation Status Body Size Band Activity Pattern Comparison
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The mantled howler is native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru.
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The mantled howler is native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru.
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Source Mantled howler (Wikipedia)DistributionQuote, Distribution
The mantled howler is native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Mantled howler (Wikipedia)DistributionQuote, Distribution
The mantled howler is native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Mantled howler (Wikipedia)DistributionQuote, Distribution
The mantled howler is native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Mantled howler (Wikipedia)DistributionQuote, Distribution
The mantled howler is native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Mantled howler (Wikipedia)DistributionQuote, Distribution
The mantled howler is native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Mantled howler (Wikipedia)DistributionQuote, Distribution
The mantled howler is native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Mantled howler (Wikipedia)DistributionQuote, Distribution
The mantled howler is native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru.
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1. Mantled howler (Wikipedia)
Conservation
The mantled howler is regarded as vulnerable from a conservation standpoint by the IUCN.
Lead
It is the only Central American monkey that eats large quantities of leaves; it has several adaptations to this folivorous diet.
Behavior
The mantled howler is diurnal and arboreal.
Conservation, cites appendix
The mantled howler is protected from international trade under Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
Conservation, relationship to people
Its numbers are adversely affected by rainforest fragmentation which has caused forced relocation of groups to less habitable regions, as well as deforestation and capture for the pet trade.
Behavior, lifespan
If it survives infancy, the mantled howler's lifespan is typically 25 years.
Lead, living or extinct
It is one of the monkey species most often seen and heard in the wild in Central America.
Distribution
The mantled howler is native to Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru.
Conservation, relationship to people (2)
deforestation and capture for the pet trade
Child Taxon Of: Atelidae, Taxonomy
The mantled howler belongs to the New World monkey family Atelidae
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Human Ageing Genomic ResourcesAdult weightQuote, Adult weight
Adult weight 7,000 g
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