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Colombian Red Howler Monkey
D. Gordon E. Robertson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist

Monkeys

Colombian Red Howler Monkey

Alouatta seniculus (Linnaeus, 1766)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishColombian Red Howler Monkey
DutchRode Brulaap
SpanishMono aullador rojo
Chinese红吼猴
Sranan Tongomonki (general name for the group)
Scientific nameAlouatta seniculus (Linnaeus, 1766)

About this species

The Colombian red howler or Venezuelan red howler (Alouatta seniculus) is a South American species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, found in the western Amazon Basin in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. The population in the Santa Cruz Department in Bolivia was split off as a separate species, the Bolivian red howler, in 1986, and more recently, splitting off the population in northeastern South America and Trinidad as the Guyanan red howler has occurred. All howler monkeys belong to the family Atelidae and the infraorder Platyrrhini (New World monkeys).

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderPrimates
FamilyAtelidae
GenusAlouatta

In Suriname

138Records in Suriname
1861First record
2006Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini10
  • Para2
  • Wanica1
  • Paramaribo1
  • Saramacca1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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