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Red-handed howler

Mammals

The red-handed howler (Alouatta belzebul) is a vulnerable species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey. It is endemic to Brazil, found in the southeastern Amazon and disjunctly in the Atlantic Forest between Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe, in biomes of dense forest separated by drier areas. Until 2001 most authorities included the Amazon black howler as a subspecies or a simple variation of it. Adult males typically weigh between 7 and 9 kg and measure around 90 cm in head-body length, with marked sexual dimorphism. The red-handed howler is folivorous, resting in the canopy of mature trees when it is not foraging, and these animals can live up to 20 years. It is hunted for food, its young are sold as pets, and it has one of the smallest ranges of its genus.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
Population Trend
Decreasing 2
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Threats
Biological Resource Use 1
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Conservation Status
Vulnerable 1
Body Size Band
Medium 1
Activity Pattern
Diurnal 2
Activity Pattern
Crepuscular 2
Lifespan
20 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Alouatta, Taxa
Source Red-handed howler (Wikipedia)
Atelidae, Taxa
Source GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): GBIF species record for Alouatta belzebul

In Biome

Tropical Rainforest, Biomes
Source Red-handed howler (Wikipedia)

In Ecosystem

Atlantic Forest, Ecosystems
Source Red-handed howler (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Brazil

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Red-handed howler (Wikipedia)Lead, living or extinct
Quote, Lead, living or extinct
It is endemic to Brazil, found in the southeastern Amazon and disjunctly in the Atlantic Forest between Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe.
Sources
1. Red-handed howler (Wikipedia)
  • Lead
    The red-handed howler (Alouatta belzebul) is a vulnerable species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey.
  • Behavior and diet
    The red‑handed howler is folivorous.
  • Behavior and diet, system
    When not foraging, the red-handed howler rests in the canopy of mature trees 20 m (66 ft) from the forest floor.
  • Threats
    First, they are a large-bodied mammal hunted for food.
  • Description
    These animals can live up to 20 years, and do not mature until later in their lives.
  • Lead, living or extinct
    It is endemic to Brazil, found in the southeastern Amazon and disjunctly in the Atlantic Forest between Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe.
  • Description, body size band
    Adult males typically weigh between 7 and 9 kg (15 and 20 lb)
  • In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Distribution and life history
    It lives in the biomes of Amazonian and Atlantic forests which consist of dense forest separated by drier areas.
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2. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Alouatta belzebul (Animal Diversity Web account)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Key Behaviors
    diurnal
  • Key Behaviors, activity pattern
    crepuscular
  • Conservation Status
    Red-handed howler monkeys are listed as vulnerable because of a 30% population decline
View the Source
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): GBIF species record for Alouatta belzebul
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)Child Taxon Of: Atelidae, Species record
Quote, Child Taxon Of: Atelidae, Species record
family: Atelidae
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