Alouatta

Translingual
Alouatta palliata

Etymology

From Galibi Carib arawata (“Venezuelan red howler”). The French influence on the spelling is due to Bernard Germain de Lacépède, who erected the genus name.

Proper noun

Alouatta f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Atelidae – the howler monkeys.

See also
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