Venezuelan Red Howler

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iVenezuelan Red Howler Monkey

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cebidae
Genus: Alouatta
Species: A. seniculus
Binomial name
Alouatta seniculus
(Humboldt, 1812)

The Venezuelan Red Howler Monkey (Alouatta seniculus) is a South American species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, French Guiana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

It lives in groups of 3 to 9 individuals (usually 5 to 7).

[edit] References

  • Heymann et al (2003). Alouatta seniculus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
  • Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 150. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
  • Neotropical Rainforest Mammals (1997), Louise Emmons and Francois Feer
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