They can use this tail as an extra arm to grip or even hang from branches—no Old World monkeys have such a tail. A gripping tail is particularly helpful to howler monkeys because they rarely ...

Howler monkey populations are exploding due to a ... On the other hand, if factors such as food and/or habitat availability are the main influences driving population fluctuations, that population ...

And this is one of the great threats that the howler monkey faces as a species. The deforestation, modification and degradation of its habitat has led it to be a species resilient to change.

Using satellite imagery remote sensing and landscape metrics, this study helps fill the gap in our understanding of forest fragmentation processes and habitat provision, using the black howler monkey ...