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12-22-2016

Alouatta pigra

Alouatta pigra NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.

ITIS Reports — Alouatta pigra ITIS (the Integrated Taxonomic Information System) is a source for authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video. The Guatemalan black howler, or Yucatan black howler, is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central America. It is found in Belize, Guatemala and Mexico, in and near the Yucatan Peninsula. It lives in evergreen, semideciduous and lowland rain forests. It is also known as the baboon in Belize, although it is not closely related to the baboons in Africa.

Howler monkeys are among the largest primates in the Neotropics. They can grow to be 22 to 36 inches tall when standing. And, their tails are about the same size in length as their bodies! Male howlers are black, while females are brown. They have prehensile tails that they can use to grab onto branches. They make loud vocalizations to mark their territory, thus earning their name.

Detailed information
Full Name: Black Howler monkey (Alouatta pigra)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Mammals
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Threatened 10/19/1976 Foreign (Headquarters) Wherever found
  • Countries in which the the Black Howler monkey, Wherever found is known to occur: Belize, Guatemala, Mexico
Federal register documents
Date
Citation Page
Title
10/19/1976 41 FR 45990 45994 Determination of 26 Species of Primates as Endangered (12) or Threatened (14); 41 FR 45990
04/19/1976 41 FR 16466 Proposal to List 27 species of Primates as Endangered (12) or Threatened (15) Species; 41 FR 16466
Recovery
No recovery information is available for the Black Howler monkey.
Date
Citation Page
Title
10/19/1976 41 FR 45990 45994 Determination of 26 Species of Primates as Endangered (12) or Threatened (14); 41 FR 45990
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