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 ...

Lisa Corewyn, associate professor in the Department of Biology and coordinator of the anthropology minor at Ithaca College, ...

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 ...

Howler monkeys are widely considered to be the loudest land animal. Their howls can reach 90 decibels and be heard clearly for 4.8 km. Monkeys are considered pests by some farmers who have to ...

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.