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HOWLER MONKEY [1 record]

Record 1 1990-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
DEF

Any of various So and Central American monkeys having a long prehensile tail and a peculiar enlargement of the hyoid and laryngeal apparatus enabling them to make remarkable howling noises and constituting the genus Alouatta.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
CONT

Les hurleurs [...] (alouatta) sont d'assez grande taille, à pelage épais, à longue queue prenante. Grâce à leur os hyoïde renflé et vésiculeux, formant caisse sonore, ils peuvent pousser des cris qu'on entend à plusieurs kilomètres de distance.

Spanish

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