Red-handed howler
The red-handed howler (Alouatta belzebul) is a vulnerable species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey. It is endemic to Brazil, found in the southeastern Amazon and disjunctly in the Atlantic Forest between Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe.
| Red-handed howler | |
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| Red-handed howler in Amazon, Brazil. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Atelidae |
| Genus: | Alouatta |
| Species: | A. belzebul |
| Binomial name | |
| Alouatta belzebul (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
| Red-handed howler range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Simia belzebul Linnaeus, 1766 | |
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