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Mexican Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra)

Mexican black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra)
Mexican black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra)

About Mexican Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Mammals
  • Order: Primates
  • Family: Cebidae

The Yucatán black howler, or Guatemalan black howler, is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central America. It is found in Belize, Guatemala and Mexico, in and near the Yucatán Peninsula. It lives in evergreen, semideciduous and lowland rain forests. It is also known as the baboon in Belize, although it is not closely related to the baboons in Africa.

Source: Wikipedia

Lifelists

Visits

  • 2009-01-18

    Lamanai Ruins River Trip, Belize
    We found a couple of troops near the Lamanai pyramids in a heated howling battle.
    Image from 2009-01-18
  • 2009-01-28

    Tikal, Guatemala
    Image from 2009-01-28