Peruvian Species of the Jungle


Wooly Monkey

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English  Name: Wooly Monkey
Scientific Name: Lagothrix lagothrica

Spanish Name: Mono Corteje

Size: 65-80 cm

Life span: 5-7 years of age

Written by: Nicolas and Conrad

Revised by: Randy

 Diet: The monkey has  more than 50% of leaves in their diets, but other animals prefer ripe fruit; fruit and flowers can account for 50% of the diet when plentiful. It also eats  seeds, pollen, bark, bamboo, and ferns. During periods of fruit shortage, the wooly monkey may also eat nectar.  All of the monky's percentages of food intake vary depending on if it is the rainy or dry season. In order to get at the best food in tall trees, it can utilize four or all of its limbs to stabilize itself on small branches. 
 

Predators: Human is the most common predator to a wooly monkey, because they hunt them for their meat fur and to make them pets.
 

Adaptations: Started hiding from human tree to tree so they dont get hunt. Wooly monkeys like all monkeys walk with a hump on their back, because of their balancs.  They have been able to adapt to a life in hiding from animals and humans.  They have adapted to the different seasons in the jungle.

Interesting Facts:

  • Have group ranges about 4-35 monkeys. 
  •  Hides from humans jumping gaps from a tree to another.
  •  Reproduction: Most wooly monkeys births occur in the dry season from May until September.
  •  Researchers observed a male: female birth ration of 1:1.7.
  •  Females reach sexual maturity at an average age of 11 years, males at 5.5 years. 
  • The pregnency period lasts 7-8.5 months.
  •  Females exhibit no outward sign of stress.
  •  The litter size is usually one, with rare observations of twins. 
  • There are six interbirth intervals averaging 33.8 months (they range from 26-39 months). 
  • Infant birth weight usually comes in around four pounds.  
  • It mostly  lives in Brazil.
  • Baby Wooly Monkeys are born with light fur, but as they get older, their fur gets darker.
  • Wooly Monkeys are in danger of extinction due to over-hunting by humans for meat and pets.


Bibliography:
"Wooly Monkey"
http://www.missouri.edu/~mmm9f9/anth60/facts/wspider.html
 Missouri. 20 Mar. 2003 <> 
"Wooly monkey"
http://www.webshots.com/g/25/520-sh/18301.html Web shots. 20 Mar. 2003 <>
"Wooly monkey" http://www.edu.pe.ca/vrcs/grassroots/1999/grade4/animalmarggill/kyle/food.html 20 Mar. 2003 <> 
"Wooly Monkey (image)"
www.bluemorphotours.com/ shamanic_tour_info.asp 

"Wooly Monkey Baby (image)"
http://www.kids4ecology.org/Images/monkeys/yellowtail.jpg



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