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Mantled Howler Monkey

Alouatta palliata

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 995, February 864, March 855, April 523, May 424, June 561, July 519, August 400, September 227, October 271, November 382, December 605.
Costa Rica6,626
Provincia Puntarenas1,933
Provincia Guanacaste1,802
Panama1,468
Provincia Limón1,142
Provincia Heredia831
Provincia Alajuela819
Colón Province615
Provincia de Panamá310
Ecuador281

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderPrimates · Primates
FamilySpider, Howler, and Woolly Monkeys · Atelidae
GenusHowler Monkeys · Alouatta

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Mantled Howler Monkey with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.