Alouatta caraya Humboldt 1812

Alouatta caraya Humboldt 1812, Rec. Observ. Zool., 1: 355.

Type Locality: Paraguay.

Vernacular Names: Black Howler.

Synonyms: Alouatta barbatus (Spix 1823); Alouatta niger (É. Geoffroy 1812); Alouatta straminea (Humboldt 1812) .

Distribution: N Argentina to Mato Grosso (Brazil), Bolivia (see Anderson, 1997).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: A. caraya species group. For the inclusion of straminea in this species, not in A. seniculus, see Rylands and Brandon-Jones (1988).