Alouatta belzebul

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Eastern Red-handed 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Duodecima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 532 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946233

Original name as described

Simia belzebul

Other common names

Red-handed Howler · Red-handed Howling Monkey

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Brazil. Restricted by O. Thomas in 1911 to Pernambuco, Brazil, and subsequently restricted by A. Cabrera in 1957 to the Rio Capim, eastern Pará.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

previously included A. discolor and A. ululata

Taxonomy notes citation

Gregorin, R. 2006. Taxonomy and geographic variation of species of the genus Alouatta Lacépède (Primates, Atelidae) in Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 23(1): 64–144.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000756

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.

Mycetes rufimanus

(Kuhl, 1820)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

rufimana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.39095

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39095

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230789

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Mycetes rufimanus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

rufimana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

RMNH.MAM.39095

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39095

Authority page

69

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523833

Authority publication

Paris

Simia belzebul

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

belzebul

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

37

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946233

Authority publication

Stockholm

Aluatta nigra

G. Fischer, 1813

Family

Atelidae

Root name

nigra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · preoccupied

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

550

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109661

Authority publication

Moscow

Cebus Belzebul

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

belzebul

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

44

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872841

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:44, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872841) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)

Mycetes Beelzebul

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

beelzebul

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

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

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

Mycetes belzebul

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

belzebul

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

6

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Alouatta belzebul

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Atelidae

Root name

belzebul

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

86

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:225, 226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. Gregorin (2006:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4737)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  6. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #39957) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #39957) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000756) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39957/190412426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cebus (Beelzebul)

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

beelzebul

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

200

Authority publication

Leipzig

Simia Beelzebul

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

beelzebul

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751236

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Cuvier (1797:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)

Simia Sapajus Beelzebub

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

beelzebub

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

75

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664093

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Simia Beelzebub

(Bechstein, 1799)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

beelzebub

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

661

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57833526

Authority publication

Weimar

Name usages

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

Alouatta beelzebut

de Lacépède, 1799

Family

Atelidae

Root name

beelzebut

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Daudin (1802:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

simia beelzebut

(A. G. Desmarest, 1804)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

beelzebut

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57784612

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Simia belzebub

(M. A. Anderson, 1804)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

belzebub

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

471

Authority publication

London

Simia belzebut

(Richard, 1835)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

belzebut

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

140

Authority publication

Paris

Mycetes flavimanus

(H. W. Bates, 1863)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

flavimanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

295

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Mycetes belzebuth

(H. W. Bates, 1864)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

belzebuth

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

176

Authority publication

London

Mycetes (Alouata) belzebul var. mexianae

(Hagmann, 1908)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

mexianae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

6

Authority publication

Archiv für Rassen- und Gesellschafts-Biologie

Name usages

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

Alonata belzebeu

Neiva & Penna, 1916

Family

Atelidae

Root name

belzebeu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

106

Authority publication

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

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