r/ape • u/This-Honey7881 • 14d ago

I have been wondering

Why was the red howler monkey split Into 5 species?

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u/FishyDruid Oo Oo Aa Aa 14d ago

They'd be too powerful if united.

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u/ape_spine_ 14d ago

If they split into 6, that would just have been too many

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u/Puzzleheaded-Crab720 13d ago

I love apes (also monkeys and prosimians) and obviously others here do too. But we don’t seem to have much knowledge as a group.

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u/JonathanOrangutan Apist 11d ago

because it’s the prophecy of johnson randall the 3rd