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Howler Monkey

Mammals

Howler monkeys are a group of large New World monkey species native to the forests of Central and South America, best known for the loud, resonant howling calls produced with the help of an enlarged hyoid bone in the throat, which can carry for several kilometres through dense forest and are used to declare territory and avoid direct conflict between troops. They are among the most herbivorous of New World monkeys, feeding mainly on leaves supplemented by fruit, and their slow, energy-conserving lifestyle reflects the relatively low nutritional value of a leaf-heavy diet. Howler monkeys live in social troops that spend nearly all their time in the forest canopy, and while some species remain widespread, others are threatened by deforestation across their range.

Facts
Scientific Name
Alouatta 1
This entity covers the genus Alouatta as a whole, about fifteen species; no single binomial name applies. Conservation status and population figures are left unfilled here because they vary by species within the genus rather than being one genus-wide fact; splitting this entity to species level would be mint-kind work, recorded as a gap in this lane's report.
Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Identification
Distinguishing Appearance
Howler monkeys have short snouts and wide-set, round nostrils. 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Atelidae, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
Sources
1. Howler Monkey (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Opening section, genus classification sentence
    Howler monkeys (genus Alouatta, monotypic in subfamily Alouattinae)
  • Anatomy and Physiology section, snout sentence
    Howler monkeys have short snouts and wide-set, round nostrils.
  • system (entity description states it plainly, diet)
    They are among the most herbivorous of New World monkeys, feeding mainly on leaves supplemented by fruit, and their slow, energy-conserving lifestyle reflects the relatively low nutritional value of a leaf-heavy diet.
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2. Howler Monkey (Wikipedia)
  • Threats include human predation
  • capture for pets or zoo animals
  • native to South and Central American forests
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3. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ504247, descriptionView the Source
Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeChild Taxon Of: AtelidaeView the Source
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