#0239 · 🦊 mammals

Mantled Howler Monkey

🇳🇱 Mantelbrulaap ·Alouatta palliata

VUvulnerable 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Cephas · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Carles Guinart · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Lexin · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © nikkisparkle · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Chris Rohrer · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Chris Rohrer · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Chris Rohrer · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © David Rodríguez Arias · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The mantled howler ( Alouatta palliata ), or golden-mantled howling monkey , is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central and South America. It is one of the monkey species most often seen and heard in the wild in Central America. It takes its "mantled" name from the long guard hairs on its sides.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 16,519iNaturalist observations
threat VUvulnerable

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.
16,519 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by John Edward Gray in 1849 (177 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.