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SPECIES Alouatta guariba

Author:Humboldt, 1812.
Citation:Rec. Observ. Zool., 1: pl. 30.
Common Name:Brown Howler
Type Locality:Brazil.
Distribution:N Bolivia (?- beniensis); SE and EC Brazil, north to the Rio São Francisco.
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Critically Endangered as A. g. guariba, otherwise Vulnerable.
Comments:A. seniculus species group. A. guariba (Humboldt, 1812) is the correct name for this species, not fusca (Rylands and Brandon-Jones, 1988). A. "fusca" beniensis may actually be A. seniculus (Mittermeier et al., 1988:13-75).
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SUBSPECIES guariba

SUBSPECIES clamitans

Synonyms:

    bicolor (Gray, 1845)

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