Spix's red-handed howler

Spix's red-handed howler
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Atelidae
Genus: Alouatta
Species: A. discolor
Binomial name
Alouatta discolor
(Spix, 1823)
Spix's Red-handed Howler range

Spix's red-handed howler (Alouatta discolor) is a vulnerable species of howler monkey native to the south-eastern Amazon in Brazil.[1] Major threats include deforestation and hunting. It was previously considered a subspecies of the red-handed howler, but unlike most individuals of that species the back of the Spix's red-handed howler is yellowish-brown to reddish-brown.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Boubli, J.-P., Di Fiore, A., Rylands, A.B. & Mittermeier, R.A. (2008). Alouatta discolor. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 13 February 2009.
  2. ^ Gregorin, R. (2006). (Portuguese) Taxonomia e variação geográfica das espécies do gênero Alouatta Lacépède (Primates, Atelidae) no Brasil. Rev. Bras. Zool. 23(1).