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10 pages in length. Howler monkeys face an uncertain future with regard to species survival. The tree-dwelling, fruit-eating primates who are indigenous to Central and South America make their home far within the rain forest, where they have been met with significant hardship and population decline on account of mankind's ongoing deforestation and logging pursuits. With little if any regard for the life forms that comprise the forest's diversity, man is slowly but surely sealing the coffin on a number of animal species as he continues to demolish their delicate living area, and the howler monkey is just one whose existence is threatened. People like ethologist Robert Horwich have set in motion conservation efforts that will aid the species' eventual survival. The writer discusses deforestation, logging and conservation efforts in relation to the howler monkey. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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they have been met with significant hardship and population decline on account of mankinds ongoing deforestation and logging pursuits. With little if any regard for the life forms that
comprise the forests diversity, man is slowly but surely sealing the coffin on a number of animal species as he continues to demolish their delicate living area and the howler
monkey is just one whose existence is threatened. People like ethologist Robert Horwich have set in motion conservation efforts that will aid the species eventual survival. I. HISTORY
Howler monkey populations have been found to dwindle quite substantially ever since deforestation and logging became rampant in their region. The plight of the primate, who earned its name
howling at dawn as a means by which to "demarcate territory" (Anonymous, 1998, p. PG), has been at the forefront of many years worth of work for Dr. Robert Horwich.
Horwichs efforts toward the ultimate preservation of the howler monkeys in Belize has been instrumental in his overall quest to "learn more about how animals live in rain forests"
(Lipske, 1992, p. 38). The dietary requirements of the howler monkey make it difficult for them to be redistributed to other locations where their numbers would be protected, even in
spite of ongoing territory degradation. Specific to their region are the foods required to perpetuate the species, including certain leaves, fruits and legumes. "This distribution among totally herbivorous
species correlates with the ingestion of legumes by the howler monkey population" (Schoeninger et al, 1997, p. 69). Adding to the problem is the fact that howler monkeys have
historically maintained a "low genetic diversity" (James et al, 1997, p. 329), which has precluded the species from effectively broadening out from its demographic confinement. Being that the howler monkey
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