Black howler monkey

Black howler monkey behavior and facts
Black howlers spend up to 70 percent of each day lying and sitting quietly in branches, eating and fermenting leaves in their cecums (a large blind pouch that is the beginning of the large intestine).

Black Howler Monkey Enrichment
Stuffed Banana Stalk
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Black howler monkeys are sexually dimorphic-males are dark and larger in size than females, which are buff colored. Infants are born buff. All have dark, hairless faces with prominent jaws.
Range
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Black Howler Monkey
The six species of howler monkeys are among the largest of the American or New World monkeys. Head and body length is 22-36 inches; tail length is 23-36 inches; and adults weigh from 9-22 pounds.

Reubin, the male black howler monkey. Jessie Cohen/NZP
The monkeys came to us from the Tulsa Zoo and the Lowry Park Zoological Garden in Florida.

Black Howler Monkeys Sounding Off. Photo:Stevehdc
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The Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta caraya) is a species of howler monkey, a large New World monkey, from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay, being the southernmost member of the Alouatta genus.

See also: Howler monkey, Monkey, Lion, Golden Lion Tamarin, Marmoset