Alouatta seniculus

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Colombian 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
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.

Original name as described

Simia seniculus

Other common names

Red Howler · Red Howling Monkey · Venezuelan Red Howler

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Cartagena, department of Bolívar, Colombia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia?

Taxonomy notes

includes juara and puruensis, which have been recognized as distinct by some authors; previously included A. arctoidea

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. · Cortés-Ortiz, L., Rylands, A. B., & Mittermeier, R. A. (2015). The taxonomy of howler monkeys: integrating old and new knowledge from morphological and genetic studies. In Howler monkeys (pp. 55-84). Springer New York.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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