Howler Monkey
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Howler Monkey
Mammal
A tree-dwelling monkey of Central and South America whose booming calls — amplified by a specially enlarged throat bone — are among the loudest of any land animal and carry for kilometres.
Name Story
Alouatta sp.
means “the howler — a built-in megaphone”
What does its name mean?
- Alouatta — a borrowed local name for the monkey — not a descriptiona native South American language, latinised
- howler — the one that howlsEnglish
The howler monkey is among the loudest animals on land — its booming dawn roar can carry for miles through the forest, made by a special hollow, enlarged bone in its throat that works like a built-in megaphone.