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Mexican black howler monkey

Order : Primates
Family : Cebidae
Subfamily : Alouattinae
Species : Alouatta pigra

 

The Guatemalan black howler monkey, guatemalan howler, guatemalan howling monkey, mexican black howler monkey is listed as Endangered (EN), considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the Mexican black howler monkey

The Black Howler Monkey, Alouatta pigra, is known as the "baboon" in Belize, and it (Full text)

The Mexican black howler monkey is largely restricted to this ecoregion. (Full text)

The Black Howler Monkey, Alouatta pigra, is known as the "baboon" in Belize, and it is the largest monkey in Belize and (Full text)

The Black or Guatemalan howler, Alouatta pigra, is distributed throughout Guatemala, Belize, and the (Full text)

Some larger animals that have fared worse over the past year include three species of Neotropical primates: the Mexican black howler monkey is now considered endangered, with 56 percent of its natural habitat lost already; the variegated spider monkey of Colombia and Venezuela moved up to critically endangered; and under threats from urban growth, agriculture and cattle grazing, the pied tamarin (see image) is also now critically endangered. (Full text)

1. Alouatta, genus Alouatta -- (howler monkeys)
Alouatta
genus Alouatta
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