Alouatta Lacépède 1799

Alouatta Lacépède 1799, Tabl. Div. Subd. Orders Genres Mammiferes: 4.

Type Species: Simia belzebul Linnaeus 1766

Synonyms: Mycetes Illiger 1811; Stentor É. Geoffroy 1812 .

Species and subspecies: 9 species with 7 subspecies:

Species Alouatta belzebul (Linnaeus 1766)

Species Alouatta caraya Humboldt 1812

Species Alouatta coibensis Thomas 1902

Subspecies Alouatta coibensis subsp. coibensis Thomas 1902

Subspecies Alouatta coibensis subsp. trabeata Lawrence 1933

Species Alouatta guariba Humboldt 1812

Subspecies Alouatta guariba subsp. guariba Humboldt 1812

Subspecies Alouatta guariba subsp. clamitans Cabrera 1940

Species Alouatta nigerrima Lönnberg 1941

Species Alouatta palliata Gray 1848

Species Alouatta pigra Lawrence 1933

Species Alouatta sara Elliot 1910

Species Alouatta seniculus (Linnaeus 1766)

Subspecies Alouatta seniculus subsp. seniculus Linnaeus 1766

Subspecies Alouatta seniculus subsp. arctoidea Cabrera 1940

Subspecies Alouatta seniculus subsp. juara Elliot 1910

Discussion: Includes the following species groups according to Groves (2001 c): (1) A. palliata group ( palliata, pigra, coibensis), (2) A. seniculus group ( seniculus, macconnelli, sara, belzebul, nigerrima, guariba), and (3) A. caraya group ( caraya only).