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  2. Howler monkey - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. List of platyrrhines - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Atelidae - Wikipedia

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    These are arboreal and diurnal animals, with most species restricted to dense rain forest, although some howler monkey species are found in drier forests, or wooded savannah. They mainly eat fruit and leaves, although the smaller species, in particular, may also eat some small insects. They have the dental formula: 2.1.3.3 2.1.3.3

  5. List of Costa Rican monkey species - Wikipedia

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    The other two species belong to the family Atelidae, the family containing the howler monkeys, spider monkeys, woolly monkeys and muriquis. [4] [5] Each of the four species can be seen in national parks within Costa Rica, where viewing them in natural surroundings is a popular tourist attraction.

  6. List of Panamanian monkey species - Wikipedia

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    The black-headed spider monkey is the largest Panamanian monkey with an average size of 8.89 kilograms (19.6 lb) for males and 8.8 kilograms (19 lb) for males. [12] [13] Geoffroy's spider monkey is the next largest, followed by the howler monkey species. Geoffroy's tamarin is the smallest Panamanian monkey, with an average size of about 0.5 ...

  7. Mantled howler - Wikipedia

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    The mantled howler shares several adaptations with other species of howler monkey that allow it to pursue a folivorous diet, that is, a diet with a large component of leaves. Its molars have high shearing crests, to help it eat the leaves, [ 12 ] and males have an enlarged hyoid bone near the vocal cords. [ 13 ]

  8. Spix's red-handed howler - Wikipedia

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    Spix's red-handed howler (Alouatta discolor) is a species of Howler monkey native to the southeastern Amazon in Brazil. It is threatened by deforestation and hunting. Taxonomy

  9. Black howler - Wikipedia

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    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 .