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Alouatta  Lacépède, 1799
Taxonomic Serial No.: 572810

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Mycetes Illiger, 1811
  
    Stentor É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812
  
  Common Name(s): howler monkeys [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2023   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderPrimates Linnaeus, 1758 – homem, macaco, primata, sagui, primates, primates  
                                  SuborderHaplorrhini Pocock, 1918  
                                     InfraorderSimiiformes Haeckel, 1866  
                                        FamilyAtelidae Gray, 1825  
                                           SubfamilyAlouattinae Trouessart, 1897  
                                              GenusAlouatta Lacépède, 1799 – howler monkeys  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 Species Alouatta arctoidea Cabrera, 1940 – Ursine Red Howler 
                                                 Species Alouatta belzebul (Linnaeus, 1766) – Red-handed Howler 
                                                 Species Alouatta caraya (Humboldt, 1812) – Black Howler, Paraguayan Howler 
                                                 Species Alouatta discolor (Spix, 1823) – Spix's Howler 
                                                 Species Alouatta guariba (Humboldt, 1812) – Brown Howler Monkey, Brown Howler 
                                                 Species Alouatta macconnelli Elliot, 1910 – Guianan Red Howler, Guyanan Red Howler 
                                                 Species Alouatta nigerrima Lönnberg, 1941 – Amazon Black Howler 
                                                 Species Alouatta palliata (Gray, 1849) – Saraguato de manto, Mantled Howler 
                                                 Species Alouatta pigra Lawrence, 1933 – Mexican Black Howler Monkey, Saraguato yucateco, Central American Black Howler, Guatemalan Black Howler 
                                                 Species Alouatta sara Elliot, 1910 – Bolivian Red Howler 
                                                 Species Alouatta seniculus (Linnaeus, 1766) – Colombian Red Howler, Venezuelan Red Howler 
                                                 Species Alouatta ululata Elliot, 1912 – Maranhão Red-handed Howler 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Colin P. Groves  
  Notes: Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, The Australian National University, GPO Box 4, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia   
  Reference for: Alouatta    
       
  Other Source(s):    
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mittermeier, Rusell A., Anthony B. Rylands, and Don E. Wilson, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates   
  Page(s): 951   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9788496553897   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Alouatta   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Alouatta   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1   
  Page(s): xxxv + 743   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Alouatta   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Comments: Includes the following species groups according to Groves (2001c): (1) A. palliata group (palliata, pigra, coibensis), (2) A. seniculus group (seniculus, macconnelli, sara, belzebul, nigerrima, guariba), and (3) A. caraya group (caraya only)  
 

 

    

 
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