Ursine howler

The ursine howler, Alouatta arctoidea, is a species of howler monkey native to Venezuela and possibly Colombia. It was described by the Spanish naturalist Angel Cabrera in 1940 and belongs to the New World monkey family Atelidae. Some authors treat it as a subspecies of the Venezuelan red howler, classified as Alouatta seniculus arctoidea, while others, and the taxonomy followed here, give it full species rank. Like the other howler monkeys it is an arboreal forest primate. The English Wikipedia article about it is a short stub, so this entry records only what that article supports: the identity and authority, the Venezuelan range with a possible extension into Colombia, and the taxonomic uncertainty over whether it is a species or a subspecies. Details of its diet, social groups and conservation status are owed to a later fill from a fuller source.