Taxon profile

genus

Alouatta Lacépède, 1799

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » class Mammalia - mammals » order Primates - primates » family Atelidae - howler, spider and woolly monkeys » subfamily Alouattinae - howler monkeys

Included taxa

Number of records: 14

species Alouatta arctoidea Cabrera, 1940 - Ursine Howler Monkey

species Alouatta belzebul (Linnaeus, 1766) - Red-handed Howler Monkey

species Alouatta caraya (von Humboldt, 1811) - Black Howler Monkey

species Alouatta discolor (von Spix, 1823) - Spix's Red-handed Howler

species Alouatta guariba (von Humboldt, 1811) - Brown Howler Monkey

species Alouatta juara Elliot, 1910 - Juruá Red Howling Monkey

species Alouatta macconnelli D. G. Elliot, 1910 - Guianan Red Howler Monkey

species Alouatta nigerrima Lönnberg, 1941 - Black Howling Monkey

species Alouatta palliata (J. E. Gray, 1849) - Mantled Howler Monkey

species Alouatta pigra B. Lawrence, 1933 - Mexican Black Howler Monkey

species Alouatta puruensis Lönnberg, 1941 - Purús Red Howler Monkey

species Alouatta sara D. G. Elliot, 1910 - Bolivian Red Howler Monkey

species Alouatta seniculus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Red Howler Monkey

species Alouatta ululata D. G. Elliot, 1912 - Maranhăo Red-handed-howling Monkey

Links and literature

The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1007369]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Alouatta Lacepède, 1799]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

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