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SPECIES Alouatta belzebul

Author:Linnaeus, 1766.
Citation:Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1: 37.
Common Name:Red-handed Howler
Type Locality:Brazil, Pará, Rio Capim.
Distribution:N Brazil (mainly south of Lower Amazon, east of Rio Madeira); Mexiana Isl (Brazil); in Pará Prov. (Brazil), north of Amazon.
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Critically Endangered as A. b. ululata, otherwise Lower Risk (lc) as A. belezebul (sic).
Comments:A. seniculus species group. Does not include nigerrima (Groves, 2001c).
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Synonyms:

    beelzebub (Bechstein, 1800)
    discolor (Spix, 1823)
    flavimanus (Bates, 1863)
    mexianae (Hagmann, 1908)
    rufimanus (Kuhl, 1820)
    tapojozensis Lönnberg, 1941
    ululata Elliot, 1912
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