Amazon black howler

Amazon black howler[1]
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Primates
Suborder:	Haplorhini
Family:	Atelidae
Genus:	Alouatta
Species:	A. nigerrima
Binomial name
Alouatta nigerrima Lönnberg, 1941
Amazon black howler range

The Amazon black howler (Alouatta nigerrima) is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to the south-central Amazon in Brazil.^[2] Until 2001, most authorities included it as a subspecies (or simply a taxonomically insignificant variation) of the red-handed howler,^[3] though its distinction had already been pointed out much earlier.^[4] As suggested by its name, it typically appears entirely black.^[5]

Diet

The Amazon black howler eats leaves.^[2]

References

1. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 149. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
2. Ravetta, A.L.; Sampaio, R.; Rylands, A.B.; Cortés-Ortiz, L. (2021). "Alouatta nigerrima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T136332A190424175. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T136332A190424175.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
3. Groves, C. (2001). Primate Taxonomy. Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 1-56098-872-X.
4. da Cruz Lima, E. (1945). "Mammals of Amazônia". Contribuições do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi de História Natural e Etnografia. 1.
5. Gregorin, R. (2006). "Taxonomia e variação geográfica das espécies do gênero Alouatta Lacépède (Primates, Atelidae) no Brasil". Rev. Bras. Zool. (in Portuguese). 23 (1): 64–144. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752006000100005.