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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 840 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HOWLER , a name applied to the members of a See also:

group of tropical See also:American monkeys, now known scientifically as Alouata, although formerly designated 3lycetes. These monkeys, which are of large See also:size, with thick See also:fur, sometimes red and sometimes See also:black in See also:colour, are characterized by the inflation of the hyoid-See also:bone (which supports the roof of the See also:tongue) into a large See also:shell-like See also:organ communicating with the See also:wind-See also:pipe, and giving the See also:peculiar resonance to the See also:voice from which they take their See also:title. To allow space for the hyoid, the sides of the See also:lower See also:jaw are very deep and See also:expanded. The muzzle is projecting, and the See also:profile of the See also:face slopes regularly backwards from the muzzle to the See also:crown. The See also:long tail is highly prehensile, thickly furred, with the under See also:surface of the extremity naked. Howlers dwell in large companies, and in the See also:early See also:morning, and again in the evening, make the See also:woods resound with their cries, which are often continued throughout the See also:night. They feed on leaves, and are in the See also:habit of sitting on the topmost branches of trees. When active, they progress in See also:regular See also:order, led by an old male. (R.

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