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Alouatta seniculus (Venezuelan red howler)

Mammalia - Primates - Atelidae

Taxonomy
Simia seniculus was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant.

It was recombined as Mycetes seniculus by Owen (1853); it was recombined as Alouatta seniculus by Meireles et al. (1999) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).

Subspecies

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Simia seniculus Linnaeus p. 37
1853Mycetes seniculus Owen p. 732
1999Alouatta seniculus Meireles et al. p. 11
2005Alouatta seniculus Wilson and Reeder

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
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
speciesseniculus(Linnaeus 1766)

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.

Alouatta seniculus Linnaeus 1766 [Venezuelan red howler]
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Alouatta seniculus juara Elliot 1910 [Juruá red howler]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available