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The Yucatán black howler, or Guatemalan black howler, (Alouatta pigra) is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central America. It is found in Belize, Guatemala and Mexico, in and near the Yucatán Peninsula. It lives in evergreen, semideciduous and lowland rain forests.
Compared with members of the howler monkey genus, the Mexican howler is sympatric with the Guatemalan black howler, A. pigra, in Tabasco, Mexico. [3] The Mexican howler differs from the golden-mantled howler, A. palliata palliata, primarily in aspects of skull morphology, and in some differences in pelage. [3]
Mexican black howler monkeys are often found living in close conjunction with Ateles geoffroyi and other spider monkeys (Estrada et al., 2004). They are also important for the role they play in seed dispersal (Van Bell, 2006).
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.
Yucatan black howler monkeys (Alouatta pigra), also known as Central American black howler monkeys, Mexican black howler monkeys, Belizean howler monkeys, Guatemalan black howling monkeys, and Mesoamerican black howler monkeys, are found in southeastern Mexico, northern Guatemala, and throughout Belize. These monkeys can be found in many ...
29 sty 2021 · An international team of researchers led by Oxford Brookes University shows that black howler monkeys in Mexico not only remember where important events took place in their habitat, but also...
18 wrz 2023 · The black howler monkey, known as the “baboon” in Belize, is endangered throughout much of its range due to hunting and habitat destruction. As forests are cleared, howlers, who need several acres of forest per troop to survive, are becoming increasingly rare.
