Concept information
Preferred term
howling monkeys
Definition
- Howling monkeys are a group of New World Monkeys (NWM) belonging to the subfamily Alouattinae and genus Alouatta. There are eight species of howling monkeys—the red-handed howler (Alouatta belzebul), black-and-gold howler (A. caraya), Coiba Island howler (A. coibensis), brown howler (A.fusca), mantled howler (A. palliata),black howler (A. pigra), red howler (A. seniculus), and the Bolivian red howler (A. sara). [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Howling Monkeys]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/howling_monkeys
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