Alouatta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Platyrrhini
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Mirordo: Primatomorpha Ordo: Primates Subordo: Haplorhini Infraordo: Simiiformes Parvordo: Platyrrhini

Familia: Atelidae
Subfamilia: Alouattinae
Genus: Alouatta
Species (12 + 1†): A. arctoidea – A. belzebul – A. caraya – A. discolor – A. guariba – A. macconnelli – A. nigerrima – A. palliata – A. pigra – A. sara – A. seniculus – A. ululata – †A. mauroi

Name

Alouatta Lacépède, 1799: 4

Type species: Simia belzebul Linnaeus, 1766

Synonymy

Mycetes Illiger, 1811: 70
Stentor É. Geoffroy, 1812: 107

References

Primary references

Lacepède, B.G.E. 1799. Discours d'ouverture et de clôture du cours d'histoire naturelle. Donné dans le Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, l'an VII de la République, et Tableaux methodiques des mammifères et des oiseaux. Paris. MDZ. Discours pp. 1–55. Mammifères pp. 1–18. Oiseaux pp. 1–20. Reference page.
Illiger, J.K.W. 1811. Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium additis terminis zoographicis utriusque classis, eorumque versione germanica. C. Salfield: Berolini. xviii + 302 pp. BHL Reference page.
Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, [É.] 1812. Tableau des Quadrumanes, Ou des Animaux composant le premier Ordre de la Classe des Mammifères. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 19: 85–122. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Gregorin, R. 2006. Taxonomy and geographic variation of species of the genus Alouatta Lacépède (Primates, Atelidae) in Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 23(1): 64–144. DOI: 10.1590/S0101-81752006000100005 Reference page.
Ingberman, B.; Monteiro Filho, E.L.A. 2006: Microscopic identification of the hairs of Brazilian Alouatta Lacepede, 1799 species (Ptimates, Atelidae, Alouattinae). Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 64(1): 61–71. Full article (PDF)

Links

Alouatta in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Малпы-равуны
Deutsch: Brüllaffen
English: Howler Monkeys
español: Monos Aulladores
français: Alouate
italiano: Scimmia Urlatrice
日本語: ホエザル属
한국어: 고함원숭이속
Nederlands: Brulapen
português: Bugio, Guariba
svenska: Vrålapor
Türkçe: Uluyan maymun
中文: 吼猴属

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