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Taxonomy
Alouatta was named by Lacépède (1799). It is extant.
It was assigned to Atelinae by Meireles et al. (1999); to Alouattinae by Hershkovitz (1974), Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Atelidae by Opazo et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Atelinae by Meireles et al. (1999); to Alouattinae by Hershkovitz (1974), Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Atelidae by Opazo et al. (2006).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1799 | Alouatta Lacépède |
| 1811 | Mycetes Illiger p. 70 |
| 1974 | Alouatta Hershkovitz |
| 1999 | Alouatta Meireles et al. p. 10 |
| 2005 | Alouatta Wilson and Reeder |
| 2006 | Alouatta Opazo et al. p. 277 |
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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