Alouatta
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Kari'na arawata (“Venezuelan red howler”). The French influence on the spelling is due to Bernard Germain de Lacépède, who erected the genus name.
Proper noun edit
Alouatta f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Atelidae – the howler monkeys.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Primates - order; Haplorrhini - suborder; Simiiformes - infraorder; Platyrrhini - parvorder; Atelidae - family; Alouattinae - subfamily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Alouatta belzebul (red-handed howler) - type species; Alouatta caraya, Alouatta coibensis, Alouatta guariba, Alouatta macconnelli, Alouatta nigerrima, Alouatta palliata, Alouatta pigra, Alouatta sara, Alouatta seniculus, †Alouatta mauroi - other species
References edit
Alouatta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Alouatta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Alouatta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
