#0406 · 🦊 mammals

Black-and-gold Howler Monkey

🇳🇱 Zwarte Brulaap ·Alouatta caraya

NTnear threatened 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Ouwesok · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Francisco González Táboas · CC BY-NC 4.0
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10. © Carlos Schmidtutz · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The black howler ( Alouatta caraya ) (also known as black-and-gold howler ) is a species of howler monkey, a large New World monkey, from northeastern Argentina, eastern Bolivia, eastern and southern Brazil, and Paraguay. Together with the brown howler, it is the southernmost member of the Alouatta genus. Only the adult male is black; adult females and juveniles of both genders are overall whitish to yellowish-buff. However, variations occur even among the adult males; some have patches of...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,018iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,018 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Alexander von Humboldt in 1812 (214 years ago).