Woolly Monkey
Mono Choro
White stripes on each hair reflect
surroundings and camouflage Woollys.
Important for forest diversity. Woollies can eat and disperse thousands of seeds per day!
Profile
# of Species: 5
Diet: Ripe fruit, leaves, stems, insects.
Lifespan: 30 yrs
Sexual maturity: 5 – 6 yrs
Gestation: 7 months
Weaning: 2 years
Home Range: 1.1-2.5 miles
Habitat: Upper and
middle levels of forest.
It's Just Green
Woolly Monkeys are very sensitive to the color green. This enables them to differentiate food and move quickly through the forest.
UNDER THREAT
Woollies are largest New World Monkeys, weighing up to 22lbs.
This makes them a food target for indigenous peoples.
As a result of this and habitat loss all Woolly Monkeys are critically endangered and it is probably that a loss of 2% of the wild females will cause the Woolly population to collapse.
Woolly Calls
Trilling
Extreme happiness, new fruit!
Eeeolk
“Where are you?”
“I’m alright!”
Yook-Yook-Yook
Possible danger
Group Dynamics
Up to 30 male and female Woollies will live together in the high forest.
Observations close to Iquitos put this number at closer to 8.
A male is dominant, and all get along peacefully and are social.
Females migrate to other groups more often than males.
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