Red-handed Howler

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Red-handed Howler
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Cebidae
Genus: Alouatta
Species: A. belzebul
Binomial name
Alouatta belzebul
(Linnaeus, 1766)

The Red-handed Howler (Alouatta belzebul) is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Brazil. This monkey is usually entirely black, but in some regions females can have red feet and tail tip.

[edit] References

  • Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 148. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  • Neotropical Rainforest Mammals (1997), Louise Emmons and Francois Feer
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