Alouatta

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.

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

• (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

• (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

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