Mantled howler, golden-mantled howling monkey (Alouatta palliata) Description
English: A Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata) calling, in Tortuguero, Costa Rica
EspaƱol: Mono Aullador Negro (Alouatta palliata) vocalizando, en Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Date 9 March 2010, 21:54:45
Author Arturo de Frias Marques https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Arturo_de_Frias_Marques
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mantled_Howler_AdF.jpg
The mantled howler (Alouatta palliata), or golden-mantled howling monkey, is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central and South America. It is one of the monkey species most often seen and heard in the wild in Central America. It takes its "mantled" name from the long guard hairs on its sides. Order: Primates, Family: Atelidae.
Subspecies:
Alouatta palliata aequatorialis
Alouatta palliata mexicana
Alouatta palliata palliata
Synonyms:
A. albulus (Pusch, 1942)
A. inclamax (Thomas, 1913)
A. inconsonans (Goldman, 1913)
A. matagalpae (Allen, 1908)
A. niger (Thomas, 1880)
A. quichua (Thomas, 1913)