Mantled howler monkey  (Alouatta palliata)

Range

Mantled howler monkeys occur throughout the south of Mexico, southern Guatemala extending southwards through Central America reaching the west coast of Colombia and Ecuador (3).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

Found in lowland and montane rainforests including both primary and secondary forest (5) up to altitudes of 2000 m (3). They make use of all levels of the canopy, but it seems that the upper third is preferred (3).

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