The Yellow-tailed woolly monkeys are easily recognizable primates due to their long, dark, reddish-brown coat as well as white ring of fur around their mouth. However, the most conspicuous feature of this species is the small, yellow colored strip on the underside of their tail, giving these animals their name. These monkeys have a prehensile tail, which can grip objects. The Yellow-tailed woolly monkeys were originally discovered in the early ...
19th century. Over time, however, they were believed to have gone extinct. And finally, in 1974, this species was discovered again.
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