Show howler monkey Is noisy the howler monkey whose deep throated voice echoes through the depths of the panamanian jungles can be heard in the jungle day and night and many visitors have mistaken it for the roar of lions his voice like that of the singing toad is louder from a distance decreasing in volume as one approaches but even at close range it is unusual when compared with the birdlike notes of white faced and other species of monkeys evin even though he is small in comparison to a lion the mantled howler is the largest and heaviest of all new world monkeys his fur is unusually beautiful shading from very dark brown tones to light he is of a gregarious nature traveling in troops and swinging through the tree tops he swings by his tail a characteristic te peculiar to new world monkeys |