Far up a giant Amazon jungle tree, a large howler monkey walked among ... partly due to its tail. A tail that functions in this way is called prehensile. In this sense, prehensile means ...

Many arboreal – that is, tree-dwelling – animals evolved prehensile tails that play the role of a fifth limb. You can find this kind of tail in New World monkeys, opossums, anteaters, pangolins, ...

a troop of spider monkeys appeared — peering down at the humans who found them. Within moments, they were on their way again — extending their lanky arms and prehensile tails to grasp at trees ...

Unlike Old World monkeys, howlers and other New World species have wide, side-opening nostrils and no pads on their rumps. Howlers also boast a prehensile tail. They can use this tail as an extra ...