These monkeys use a series of different calls to express themselves. Males use calls to communicate territoriality and fighting, females to display group cohesion, and alertness, and subadults to display submissiveness, and to stimulate mobbing behavior. They also communicate using visual expressions. Diet Golden monkeys eat about 20 to 30 plant species. They mostly rely on leaves, fruits, and invertebrates, but their main preference is bamboo. Caring for the Young Golden Monkeys breed seasonally and have a gestation period of 5 months.
In ancient Mayan culture, the Quetzal bird's tail feathers were used as currency. In modern Guatemala, the Quetzals are also known as the Guatemalan currency. Coins were issued in denominations of 1, 5, and 10 centavos, and Â¼, Â½ and 1 Quetzal.
The Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) has been called the most spectacular bird in the New World (Peterson and Chalif, 1973). The Quetzal was the most sacred symbol of the Aztecs and Mayas.he Quetzal is found on both igneous and limestone terrain where mature or virgin cloud forests occur (LaBastille, et al, 1972). They are generally found between the altitudes of 4000 feet up to 10,500 feet and the forests they inhabit have a canopy of oak trees 100 to 150 feet tall (Skutch, 1944).