Alouatta
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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