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Mantled Howler
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The Mantled Howler (Alouatta palliata), or sometimes the Golden-mantled Howling Monkey, is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central and South America.
When the males reach maturity, the scrotum turns white[1].
 Female (Costa Rican Pacific Dry Forests) |
 Juvenile (Costa Rican Pacific Dry Forests) |
 Mantled howlers in Playa Tamarindo, Costa Rica |
 Juvenile hanging with its prehensile tail |
- ^ Broekma, I. (2002) Natural History of the Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata) Primates of Panama (March, 2004)
- Cuarón et al (2003). Alouatta palliata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 08 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
- Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 149. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
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