Organisms

Alouatta caraya

A species of the genus ALOUATTA, family ATELIDAE, inhabiting the forests of South America. Although sometimes known as black howler only adult males have black hair and adult females and juveniles are gold in color. Closely related A. pigra in Central America and A. nigerrima in the Amazon are also called black howlers.

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Abstract

A species of the genus ALOUATTA, family ATELIDAE, inhabiting the forests of South America. Although sometimes known as black howler only adult males have black hair and adult females and juveniles are gold in color. Closely related A. pigra in Central America and A. nigerrima in the Amazon are also called black howlers.

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Black Howler Monkey, Paraguayan
  • Black-and-Gold Howler Monkeys
  • Mono Aullador
  • Paraguayan Black Howler Monkey
  • Black and Gold Howler Monkeys
  • Black-and-Gold Howler Monkey
  • Howler Monkey, Black-and-Gold
  • Monkey, Black-and-Gold Howler
  • Mono Aulladors

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18 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, psychology, surgery, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

NIM when experimental animal; diseases: coordinate with MONKEY DISEASES

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History Note

2020

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Previous Indexing

  • Alouatta (1970-2019)

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  1. B01w.050w.150w.900w.649w.313w.988w.400w.600w.075w.050.075w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Alouatta caraya. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000080532. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000080532
  2. Alouatta caraya. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_howler
  3. Alouatta caraya. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q856342