Authority citation: Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Duodecima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 532 pp.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946233
Original name as described: Simia Belzebul
Nominal names: belzebul (Linnaeus, 1766) | beelzebul (E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | beelzebub (E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1783) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | beelzebub (Kerr, 1792) | beelzebut de Lacépède, 1799 [incorrect subsequent spelling] | belzebub (M. A. Anderson, 1804) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | nigra G. Fischer, 1813 [nomen novum | preoccupied] | belzeebul Muirhead, 1819 [incorrect subsequent spelling] | rufimana (Kuhl, 1820) | rufimana (A. G. Desmarest, 1821) [preoccupied] | belzebut (Richard, 1835) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | flavimanus (H. W. Bates, 1863) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | belzebuth (H. W. Bates, 1864) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | mexianae (Hagmann, 1908) | belzebeu Neiva & Penna, 1916 [incorrect subsequent spelling]
Other common names: Red-handed Howler|Red-handed Howling Monkey
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Primates -- Family: Atelidae -- Subfamily: Alouattinae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: untraced (number not known)
Type locality: Brazil. Restricted by O. Thomas in 1911 to Pernambuco, Brazil, and subsequently restricted by A. Cabrera in 1957 to the Rio Capim, eastern Pará.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Brazil (BRA)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Vulnerable
Species-specific notes: previously included A. discolor and A. ululata
Citation: Gregorin, R. 2006. Taxonomy and geographic variation of species of the genus Alouatta Lacépède (Primates, Atelidae) in Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 23(1): 64–144.
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