Alouatta arctoidea

Cabrera, 1940

Ursine Red Howler

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Primates
Suborder : Haplorhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Parvorder : Platyrrhini
Family : Atelidae
Subfamily : Alouattinae
Genus : Alouatta

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Cabrera, Á. 1940. Los nombres científicos de algunos monos americanos. Ciencia 9:402-405.

Original name as described

Alouatta seniculus arctoidea

Other common names

Caracas Howler Monkey · Ursine Howler Monkey · Trinidadian Howler Monkey · Trinidad Howling Monkey

Type material

MNHN-ZM-2007-1477

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1477

Type locality

Venezuela. Restricted by Cabrera in 1957 to the valley of Aragua, state of Aragua, near Caracas.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia? · Venezuela · Trinidad and Tobago

Taxonomy notes

split from A. seniculus

Taxonomy notes citation

Stanyon, R., Tofanelli, S., Morescalchi, M. A., Agoramoorthy, G., Ryder, O. A. and Wienberg, J. 1995. Cytogenetic analysis shows extensive genomic rearrangements between red howler (Alouatta seniculus Linnaeus) subspecies. American Journal of Primatology 35: 171-183. · Urbani, B., Boubli, J. & Cortes-Ortíz, L. 2018. Alouatta arctoidea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T136486A17926227. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T136486A17926227.en. Downloaded on 06 October 2020.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000755

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Simia ursina

(von Humboldt, 1805)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

ursina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

MNHN-ZM-2007-1477

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1477

Authority page

8

Authority publication

book

Stentor ursinus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

ursinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

MNHN-ZM-2007-1477

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1477

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499302

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Alouatta seniculus arctoidea

Cabrera, 1940

Family

Atelidae

Root name

arctoidea

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

MNHN-ZM-2007-1477

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/2007-1477

Authority page

404

Authority publication

Ciencia

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Pithecia ursina

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

ursina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Mycetes ursinus

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

ursinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207481

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:50, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lund (1839:234, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13394384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31808)

Alouatta arctoidea

Mittermeier, Rylands, & D. E. Wilson, 2013

Family

Atelidae

Root name

arctoidea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

526

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136486) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136486) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000755) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136486/190413988) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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