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Howling Monkey

in zoölogy, Mycetes, a genus of Cedibæ, and specially Mycetes ursinus. The "howling" is given from the loud and resonant voice. The animals are clumsy in make, heavy in their movement, and hang on trees by their long prehensile tails. They inhabit the warmer parts of the New World. They are the largest monkeys in South and Central America.

Called also howlers.

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