Brown Howler

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Brown Howler Monkey[1]

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

The Brown Howler Monkey, Alouatta guariba also known as Brown Howling Monkey is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, that lives in Argentina and Brazil.[1] It lives in groups of 2 to 11 individuals.[2]

There are two subspecies:[1]

  • Northern Brown Howler (Alouatta guariba guariba Humboldt, 1812)
  • Southern Brown Howler (Alouatta guariba clamitans Cabrera, 1940)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c 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, 149. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ Louise Emmons and Francois Feer (1997). Neotropical Rainforest Mammals. 

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