The Basal Metabolism of Mantled Howler Monkeys (Alouatta palliata)
- 29 May 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Mammalogy
- Vol. 60 (2), 373-376
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1379809
Abstract
Rates of mass specific oxygen consumption of two resting, postabsorptive howler monkeys at air temperatures of 24 to 26°C were 0.401 ml g−1h−1 (♂, 6.11 kg) and 0.480 ml g−1h−1 (♀, 3.23 kg). These data are about 5% in excess of the values predicted by Kleiber for mammals of similar body mass. Our data indicate that howler monkeys do not exhibit reduced standard metabolism as a consequence of being arboreal folivores. They appear to rely to a great extent on behavioral adaptations to help ameliorate energetic stresses potentially posed by diets high in foliage.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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