Alouatta discolor

(von Spix, 1823)

Spix's 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

Authority citation

Spix, J.B. von. 1823. Simiarum et vespertilionum brasiliensium species novae, ou histoire naturelle des espèces nouvelles de singes et de chauves-souris observées et recueillies pendant le voyage dans l'intérieur du Brésil exécuté par ordre de S. M. le roi de Bavière dans les années 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820. Franciscus Seraphicus Hübschmann, Munich, 72 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826937

Original name as described

Mycetes discolor

Other common names

Spix's Howler

Type material

ZSM 22

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Forte Curupá (= Gurupá), Pará, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

split from A. belzebul

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/1000758

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.

Alouatta belzebul tapajozensis

Lönnberg, 1941

Family

Atelidae

Root name

tapajozensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRM (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

27

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Mycetes discolor

(von Spix, 1823)

Family

Atelidae

Root name

discolor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSM 22

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

48

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57826937

Authority publication

Munich

Name usages

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

tapojozensis

Groves, 2005

Family

Atelidae

Root name

tapojozensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

148

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Groves (2005:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Alouatta discolor

Gregorin, 2006

Family

Atelidae

Root name

discolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

91

Authority publication

Revista Brasileira de Zoologia

Name usages

  1. Gregorin (2006:91) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4737)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #43912) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #43912) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000758) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/43912/190416507) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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