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howler

any large New World monkey of the genus Alouatta, inhabiting tropical forests in South America and having a loud howling cry
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howler

[′hau̇l·ər]
(communications)
In telephone practice, an associated unit by which the test desk operator may connect a high tone of varying loudness to a subscriber's line to call the subscriber's attention to the fact that the phone receiver is off the hook.
(electronics)
An audio device used to warn a radar operator that signals are appearing on a radar screen.
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The genetic structure and socioecology of howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) on Barro Colorado Island, pp.
Alternative reproductive behaviors in the mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata Gray): testing Carpenter's hypothesis.
Lice specimens were obtained in July 2015 from a howler monkey that was a victim of tramping, in the city of Matias Barbosa, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil (21[degrees]52'S 43[degrees]19'W).
These researchers observed that howler monkeys with large hyoid bones in their voice boxes produced loud, low-pitched calls that help to make them seem larger, and therefore more attractive to females.
Dietary quality and demographic regulation in a howler monkey population, in: E.
Heterospecific groups of howler monkeys were detected at Estancia Defesa (29[degrees] 49'04.33"S; 54[degrees] 47'29.97"W; 146 m AMSL), a particular area located in the Pampa Biome, more precisely in the municipality of Sao Vicente do Sul (Fig.
The influence of dispersal patterns and mating system on genetic differenciation within and between populations in the red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus).
In their study, Kelaita and Cortes-Ortiz analyzed different types of genetic markers, from both mitochondrial and nuclear DNA, to trace the ancestry of each howler monkey they studied.
Beside human mummies, there is a mummified dog, lizard, fish, rat, hyena, cat, squirrel, falcon and a howler monkey from Argentina, Corwin said.
Beside human mummies, there is a mummified bog dog, lizard, fish, rat, hyena, cat, squirrel, falcon and a howler monkey from Argentina, Corwin said.
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