Ursine howler

The ursine howler (Alouatta arctoidea) is a species of howler monkey native to Venezuela and possibly Colombia. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Venezuelan red howler and classified as Alouatta seniculus arctoidea.

A. arctoidea.

Ursine howler
Ursine howler in Venezuela
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Atelidae
Genus: Alouatta
Species:
A. arctoidea
Binomial name
Alouatta arctoidea
Cabrera, 1940
Ursine howler range
Synonyms

Alouatta seniculus arctoidea

References

  1. Urbani, B.; Boubli, J.-P. & Rylands, A.B. (2008). "Alouatta arctoidea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T136486A4298855. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136486A4298855.en.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.