Alouatta

Translingual

Alouatta palliata

Etymology

From Kari'na arawata (“Venezuelan red howler”). The French influence on the spelling is due to Bernard Germain de Lacépède, who erected the genus name.

Proper noun

Alouatta f

A taxonomic genus within the family Atelidae – the howler monkeys.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Primates - order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Platyrrhini - parvorder; Atelidae - family; Alouattinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Alouatta belzebul (red-handed howler) - type species; Alouatta caraya, Alouatta coibensis, Alouatta guariba, Alouatta macconnelli, Alouatta nigerrima, Alouatta palliata, Alouatta pigra, Alouatta sara, Alouatta seniculus, †Alouatta mauroi - other species

References

Alouatta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Alouatta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Alouatta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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