NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Colombian Red Howler
Alouatta seniculus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus) in Sorocaba Zoo.
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Colombian red howler or Venezuelan red howler (Alouatta seniculus) is a South American species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, found in the western Amazon Basin in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. The population in the Santa Cruz Department in Bolivia was split off as a separate species, the Bolivian red howler, in 1986, and more recently, splitting off the population in northeastern South America and Trinidad as the Guyanan red howler has occurred. All howler monkeys belong to the family Atelidae and the infraorder Platyrrhini (New World monkeys).
Wikipedia contributors, Colombian red howler; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:36:15.017654+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Alouatta seniculus (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Name authority
- (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Common name
- Colombian Red Howler
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Primates
- Family
- Atelidae
- Genus
- Alouatta
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderPrimates Linnaeus, 1758
- suborderHaplorrhini Pocock, 1918
- infraorderSimiiformes Haeckel, 1866
- familyAtelidae Gray, 1825
- subfamilyAlouattinae Trouessart, 1897
- genusAlouatta Lacépède, 1799
- speciesAlouatta seniculus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Alouatta. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Spix's HowlerAlouatta discolor (Spix, 1823) | AtelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-handed HowlerAlouatta belzebul (Linnaeus, 1766) | AtelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black HowlerAlouatta caraya (Humboldt, 1812) | AtelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Central American Black HowlerAlouatta pigra Lawrence, 1933 | AtelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bolivian Red HowlerAlouatta sara Elliot, 1910 | AtelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=572942 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:C5QM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.