World Primate Day – September 01, 2023
World Primate Day
- Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata)
- This primate is a New World monkey that is located from Central and South America.
- The Mantled Howler Monkey is the only Central American monkey that eats large quantities of leaves; folivorous diet.
- There are 3 subspecies;
- Ecuadorian mantled howler, Alouatta palliata aequatorialis, in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama and Peru;
- Golden-mantled howler, Alouatta palliata palliata, in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua;
- Mexican howler, Alouatta palliata mexicana, in Mexico and Guatemala.
