Howler Monkeys Adaptive Radiation, Systematics, and Morphology /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kowalewski, Martín M. (Editor), Garber, Paul A. (Editor), Cortés-Ortiz, Liliana (Editor), Urbani, Bernardo (Editor), Youlatos, Dionisios (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Animal ecology.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Evolutionary biology.; Zoology.; Animal genetics.; Life Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Animal Genetics and Genomics.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Animal Ecology.

Howler monkeys (genus Alouatta) comprise twelve species of leaf-eating New World monkeys that range from southern Mexico through northern Argentina. This genus is the most widespread of any New World primate taxa, and can be found to inhabit a range of forest types from undisturbed rainforest to sev...