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Unlike other New World monkeys, both male and female howler monkeys have trichromatic color vision. [3] This has evolved independently from other New World monkeys due to gene duplication. [4] They have lifespans of 15 to 20 years. Howler species are dimorphic and can also be dichromatic (i.e. Alouatta caraya). Males are typically 1.5 to 2.0 kg ...
The black howler (Alouatta caraya) or black-and-gold howler, [2] is among the largest New World monkeys and a member of the Alouatta genus. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The black howler is distributed in areas of South America such as Paraguay , southern Brazil , eastern Bolivia , northern Argentina , and Uruguay .
The mantled howler belongs to the New World monkey family Atelidae, the family that contains the howler monkeys, spider monkeys, woolly monkeys and muriquis.It is a member of the subfamily Alouattinae and genus Alouatta, the subfamily and genus containing all the howler monkeys.
Brown spider monkey (Ateles hybridus) Platyrrhini is a parvorder of primates. Members of this parvorder are called platyrrhines, or New World monkeys, and include marmosets, tamarins, and capuchin, squirrel, night, titi, saki, howler, spider, and woolly monkeys. Platyrrhini is one of three clades that form the suborder Haplorrhini, itself one of two suborders in the order Primates. They are ...
The brown howler (Alouatta guariba), also known as brown howler monkey, is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey that lives in forests in south-eastern Brazil and far north-eastern Argentina . [1] [2] It lives in groups of two to 11 individuals. [3]
The Atelidae are one of the five families of New World monkeys now recognised. It was formerly included in the family Cebidae. Atelids are generally larger monkeys; the family includes the howler, spider, woolly, and woolly spider monkeys (the latter being the largest of the New World monkeys).
The red howlers are five species of howler monkeys that used to be considered conspecific: Colombian red howler or Venezuelan red howler (Alouatta seniculus) – northwestern South America; Bolivian red howler (Alouatta sara) – Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia; Guyanan red howler (Alouatta macconnelli) – northeastern South America
The Ecuadorian mantled howler (Alouatta palliata aequatorialis) is a subspecies of the mantled howler, A. palliata. It ranges from Panama (or possibly the eastern tip of Costa Rica) through Colombia and Ecuador into northern Peru. [2] The range limits between the Ecuadorian mantled howler and the golden-mantled howler are not