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Alouatta (howler monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Atelidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Alouatta Lacépède
1811Mycetes Illiger p. 70
1974Alouatta Hershkovitz
1999Alouatta Meireles et al. p. 10
2005Alouatta Wilson and Reeder
2006Alouatta Opazo et al. p. 277

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
infraorderHaplorhini(Pocock 1918)
Anthropoidea(Mivart 1864)
infraorderPlatyrrhiniGeoffroy 1812
familyAtelidaeGray 1825
genusAlouattaLacépède 1799

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Alouatta Lacépède 1799 [howler monkey]
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Alouatta arctoidea Cabrera 1940 [ursine howler monkey]
Alouatta belzebul Linnaeus 1766 [red-handed howler]
Alouatta caraya Humboldt 1812 [black howler]
Alouatta coibensis Thomas 1902
Alouatta discolor Spix 1823 [Spix's red-handed howler monkey]
Alouatta guariba Humboldt 1811 [brown howler monkey]
Alouatta macconnelli Elliot 1910 [guyanan red howler monkey]
Alouatta mauroi Tejedor et al. 2008
Alouatta nigerrima Lönnberg 1941
Alouatta palliatus Gray 1849 [mantled howler]
Alouatta pigra Lawrence 1933
Alouatta sara Elliot 1910 [Bolivian red howler]
Alouatta seniculus Linnaeus 1766 [Venezuelan red howler]
Alouatta seniculus juara Elliot 1910 [Juruá red howler]
Alouatta ululata Eliot 1912
Invalid names: Mycetes Illiger 1811 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available