Taxonomy Profile: Alouatta (Lacépède 1799)

Alouatta: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Mycetes
Illiger 1811
Stentor
É Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
Common Name(s):
howler monkeys []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Alouatta: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Primates
primates |
homem |
macaco |
primata |
sagui |
primates |
Suborder : Haplorrhini
Infraorder : Simiiformes
Family : Atelidae
Subfamily : Alouattinae
Genus : Alouatta
howler monkeys |
Alouatta Direct Children(s):
Alouatta belzebul
(Linnaeus 1766)
Alouatta caraya
(Humboldt 1812)
Alouatta palliata
(Gray 1849)
Alouatta pigra
(Lawrence 1933)
Alouatta sara
(Elliot 1910)
Alouatta seniculus
(Linnaeus 1766)
Alouatta arctoidea
(Cabrera 1940)
Alouatta macconnelli
(Elliot 1910)
Alouatta nigerrima
(Lönnberg 1941)
Alouatta discolor
(Spix 1823)
Alouatta ululata
(Elliot 1912)
Alouatta guariba
(Humboldt 1812)
Alouatta: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Colin P. Groves
Notes:
Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, The Australian National University, GPO Box 4, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
Reference for:
Alouatta
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Alouatta
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Mittermeier, Rusell A., Anthony B. Rylands, and Don E. Wilson, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2013-01-01 / 2013-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 3. Primates
Page(s):
951
Publisher:
Lynx Edicions
Publication Place:
Barcelona, Spain
ISBN/ISSN:
9788496553897/
Notes:
Reference for:
Alouatta
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1
Page(s):
xxxv + 743
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Alouatta
Alouatta: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Alouatta: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Includes the following species groups according to Groves (2001c): (1) A. palliata group (palliata, pigra, coibensis), (2) A. seniculus group (seniculus, macconnelli, sara, belzebul, nigerrima, guariba), and (3) A. caraya group (caraya only)