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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. It takes its "mantled" name from the long guard hairs on its sides.
mm inch. Wyjec płaszczowy (Alouatta palliata) – gatunek ssaka naczelnego z podrodziny wyjców (Alouattinae) w obrębie rodziny czepiakowatych (Atelidae), występującego w lasach deszczowych od południowego Meksyku po północną część Ameryki Południowej. Dzienne. Ro.
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.
The mantled guereza (Colobus guereza), also known simply as the guereza, the eastern black-and-white colobus, or the Abyssinian black-and-white colobus, is a black-and-white colobus, a type of Old World monkey.
Howler monkeys (genus Alouatta, monotypic in subfamily Alouattinae) are the most widespread primate genus in the Neotropics and are among the largest of the platyrrhines along with the muriquis (Brachyteles), the spider monkeys (Ateles) and woolly monkeys (Lagotrix).
Mantled howler monkeys inhabit lowland and montane rain forests, including primary and regenerated forest habitats. Stoner (1996) researched two troops of mantled howler monkeys in northeastern Costa Rica to determine habitat selectivity within a lowland rainforest.
It is among Central America’s most commonly seen and heard monkey species in the wild. These South American monkeys have large and stocky black fur, and most individuals have long saddles of brown or yellow fur. Long mantled hairs are on its flanks, earning the common name “mantled” howler monkey.
