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Alouatta fusca (brown howler monkey)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Brown howler (Alouatta guariba), also known as Brown howling monkey, is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, that lives in forests in south-eastern Brazil and far north-eastern Argentina. It lives in groups of 2 to 11 individuals. Despite the name "brown howler", it is notably variable in colour, with some individuals appearing largely reddish-orange or black. There are two subspecies: Northern brown howler (Alouatta guariba guariba), listed as critically endangered.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  12.21 lbs (5.54 kg)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Parque Nacional Iguazú National Park II 115949 Argentina  

Prey / Diet

Erythrina falcata (Seibo De Jujuy)[2]
Ficus enormis[3]
Ficus glabra[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Aburria jacutinga (Black-fronted piping guan)1
Amazilia versicolor (Versicolored Emerald)1
Artibeus lituratus (great fruit-eating bat)2
Cacicus haemorrhous (Red-rumped Cacique)1
Cebus apella (brown capuchin)3
Coereba flaveola (Bananaquit)1
Dacnis cayana (Blue Dacnis)1
Forpus xanthopterygius (Blue-winged Parrotlet)1
Forpus xanthopterygius crassirostris (Amazon blue-winged parrotlet)1
Leucochloris albicollis (White-throated Hummingbird)1
Penelope obscura (Dusky-legged Guan)1
Pionus maximiliani (Scaly-headed Parrot)2
Pyrrhura frontalis (Reddish-bellied Parakeet)2
Ramphastos toco (Toco Toucan)1
Thalurania glaucopis (Violet-capped Woodnymph)1

Distribution

South America;

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Citations

Species recognized by Groves C.P., 30-Jul-2002, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 2Diet of the Scaly-headed Parrot (Pionus maximiliani) in a Semideciduous Forest in Southeastern Brazil, Mauro Galetti, BIOTROPICA 25(4): 419-425 1993 ♦ 3"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529–572
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