Use of Space by black-and-gold howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) in an urban environment in Paraguay

Abstract As urbanisation continues to reduce the available habitat for wildlife, some species, including black-and-gold howler monkey ( Alouatta caraya ) in Pilar, southwest Paraguay, are making their homes anthropogenic environments. Understanding an animal’s home range is important step understanding its ecological needs, and essential requirement creation of robust conservation plans. In this study, we determined ranges core areas five groups urban dwelling A. using Minimum Convex Polygon (MCP) Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) Analysis. We used a Spearman’s Correlation explore relationship between size group size. All had less than 10 ha 1 ha. Group no significant provide first estimates environment Paraguay. Though Paraguay fall at smaller end spectrum sizes , they not abnormal species genus.