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Alouatta

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The list of species of Alouatta genus

Howler monkeys are among the largest of the New World monkeys. They are famous for their loud howls, which can travel more than one mile through dense rain forest. These monkeys are native to South and Central American forests. Threats include human predation, habitat destruction, and capture for pets or zoo animals. Fifteen species are recognized. Previously classified in the family Cebidae, they are now placed in the family Atelidae.

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Mantled Howler Monkey

Alouatta palliata

The mantled howler (Alouatta palliata ) is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central and South America. It is one of the monkey species most often seen and heard in the wild in Central America. It takes its "mantled" name...

Black Howler Monkey

Alouatta caraya

The black howler (Alouatta caraya ) or black-and-gold howler, is among the largest New World monkeys and a member of the Alouatta genus. The black howler is distributed in areas of South America such as Paraguay, southern Brazil, eastern Bolivia,...

Red Howler Monkey

Alouatta seniculus

The Colombian red howler or Venezuelan red howler (Alouatta seniculus ) is a South American species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, found in the western Amazon Basin in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. The population in...

Guatemalan Black Howler

Alouatta pigra

The Yucatán black howler, or Guatemalan black howler, (Alouatta pigra ) is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central America. It is found in Belize, Guatemala and Mexico, in and near the Yucatán Peninsula. It lives in...

Brown Howler

Alouatta guariba

The brown howler (Alouatta guariba ), also known as brown howler monkey, is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey that lives in forests in southeastern Brazil and far northeastern Argentina (Misiones). It lives in groups of two to...

Guyanan red howler

Alouatta macconnelli

The Guyanan red howler (Alouatta macconnelli ) is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, native to Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad, French Guiana, Venezuela and Brazil.

Red-handed howler

Alouatta belzebul

The red-handed howler (Alouatta belzebul ) is a vulnerable species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey. It is endemic to Brazil, found in the southeastern Amazon and disjunctly in the Atlantic Forest between Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe.

Coiba Island howler

Alouatta coibensis

The Coiba Island howler (Alouatta coibensis ) is a type of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Panama. Although the Coiba Island howler has been recognized as a separate species by a number of authorities since a 1987 study of its...

Bolivian red howler

Alouatta sara

The Bolivian red howler (Alouatta sara ) is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Bolivia. It can be found in rain forests, including riverine and seasonally flooded forests.

Purus red howler

Alouatta puruensis

The Purús red howler (Alouatta puruensis ) is a species of howler monkey native to Brazil, Peru and north of Bolivia.

Ursine howler

Alouatta arctoidea

The ursine howler (Alouatta arctoidea ) is a species of howler monkey native to Venezuela and possibly Colombia. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Venezuelan red howler and classified as Alouatta seniculus arctoidea.

Northern brown howler

Alouatta guariba guariba

The northern brown howler (Alouatta guariba guariba ) is the type subspecies of the brown howler, native to Brazil. It is listed as critically endangered, with fewer than 250 individuals restricted to the vicinity of the Jequitinhonha River. The...

Amazon black howler

Alouatta nigerrima

The Amazon black howler (Alouatta nigerrima ) is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to the south-central Amazon in Brazil. Until 2001, most authorities included it as a subspecies (or simply a taxonomically insignificant...

Mexican howler

Alouatta palliata mexicana

The Mexican howler (Alouatta palliata mexicana ) is a subspecies of the mantled howler, A. palliata. This subspecies is found predominantly in forests between south eastern Mexico and north eastern Peru. Typical of its species, the Mexican howler...

Spix's red-handed howler

Alouatta discolor

Spix's red-handed howler (Alouatta discolor ) is a species of Howler monkey native to the southeastern Amazon in Brazil. It is threatened by deforestation and hunting.

Golden-mantled howler

Alouatta palliata palliata

The golden-mantled howler (Alouatta palliata palliata ) is a subspecies of the mantled howler, A. palliata. It ranges throughout much of Central America, in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, and possibly Panama. The range limits between...

Maranhão red-handed howler

Alouatta ululata

The Maranhão red-handed howler (Alouatta ululata ) is an endangered species of howler monkey endemic to forests (for example Babaçu forests) in the northeastern Brazilian states of Ceará, Maranhão and Piauí. It was previously thought to be a...

Juruá red howler

Alouatta juara

The Juruá red howler (Alouatta juara ) is a species of howler monkey, native to Peru and Brazil.

Azuero howler

Alouatta coibensis trabeata

The Azuero howler (Alouatta coibensis trabeata ) a type of monkey that is a subspecies of the Coiba Island howler A. coibensis. This subspecies is endemic to the Azuero Peninsula in Panama. The Azuero howler is distinguished primarily by its golden...

Ecuadorian mantled howler

Alouatta palliata aequatorialis

The Ecuadorian mantled howler (Alouatta palliata aequatorialis ) is a subspecies of the mantled howler, A. palliata. It ranges from Panama (or possibly the eastern tip of Costa Rica) through Colombia and Ecuador into northern Peru. The range limits...

Southern brown howler

Alouatta guariba clamitans

The southern brown howler (Alouatta guariba clamitans ) is a monkey subspecies of brown howler native to southeastern Brazil (Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul) and far northeastern Argentina (Misiones). Gregorin, 2006, considered the southern brown...