Род ревунов = Alouatta Lacepede, 1799 
       Red-handed Howler Monkey (Alouatta belzebul)
      MORPHOLOGY:
      The red-handed howler monkey has a prehensile tail without hair on the bottom side, which is used for grasping during locomotion and feeding. The upper molars have sharp shearing crests which are used in grinding leaves. The hyoid bone is modified for the production of the howling calls indicative of members of this genera; this bone is larger in males than in females. This species is sexually dimorphic in terms of size (Fleagle, 1988).
      RANGE:
      The red-handed howler monkey is found in Northern Brazil. This species lives in seasonal semideciduous and wet evergreen areas.
      ECOLOGY:
      The red-handed howler monkey consumes new leaves and fruit as the main part of the diet. Flowers and insects are also sometimes eaten. This species, along with other members of its genera, have large salivary glands that help to break down the tannins in the leaves before they reach the gut (Milton, 1987). This is a diurnal species. The mean group size for this species is about 20 individuals. Both males and females disperse from natal groups in this species.
      LOCOMOTION:
      The red-handed howler monkey moves slowly through the forest using a quadrupedal mode of locomotion (Fleagle, 1988). This species uses its tail to suspend from branches while feeding (Fleagle, 1988).
      SOCIAL BEHAVIOR:
      The groups of red-handed howler monkeys come in two kinds: one, a group of a male, a few females, and their offspring and two, a group of bachelor males (Fleagle, 1988). Members of the bachelor male troops will fight with the male in charge of the females to try to take over the troop (Fleagle, 1988). Other females than the mother will care for the infants (Fleagle, 1988).
      VOCAL COMMUNICATION:
      long call: This call is amplified by the hyoid bone which acts as a resonator, and the calls travel for long distances (Kinzey, 1997). The calls serve to communicate group location, distance, and composition, and the calls are directed at solitary individuals and/or other members of the group (Kinzey, 1997). These calls are most often heard at dawn (Kinzey, 1997).
      OLFACTORY COMMUNICATION: VISUAL COMMUNICATION: TACTILE COMMUNICATION:
      REPRODUCTION:
      The red-handed howler monkey gives birth to a single offspring.
      REFERENCES:
      Burton, Frances. 1995. The Multimedia Guide to the Non-human Primates. Prentice-Hall Canada Inc.
      Fleagle, John G. 1988. Primate Adaptation and Evolution. Academic Press.
      Kinzey, W.G. 1997. Alouatta. in New World Primates: Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior. ed. Warren G. Kinzey, Aldine de Gruyter, New York.
      Milton, K. 1987. Physiological Characteristics of the Genus Alouatta. International Journal of Primatology.Vol. 8, 428.
      Last Updated: October 4, 2003.
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