Spix's red-handed howler [SEP] IUCN conservation status
Spix's red-handed howler
Spix's red-handed howler ("Alouatta discolor") is a species of Howler monkey native to the southeastern Amazon in Brazil. It is threatened by deforestation and hunting.
Taxonomy.
The species was previously considered a subspecies of the red-handed howler, but it is now treated as a separate species.
Description.
Spix's red-handed howler has a similar appearance to the red-handed howler, but it has a yellowish-brown to reddish-
ICMBio status
- "Xeronycteris vieirai" (Vieira's long-tongued bat) - ICMBio status
Family Vespertilionidae (Vesper bats)
- "Eptesicus taddeii" - ICMBio status
Threatened mammals of Brazil - ICMBio (2014) Order Primates (monkeys, marmosets, tamarins).
Family Atelidae (howlers, spider and woolly monkeys, muriquis)
- "Alouatta belzebul" (Red-handed howler) - ICMBio status
- "Alouatta discolor" (Spix's red-handed howler) - ICMBio status
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