#0354 · 🦊 mammals

Yucatán Black Howler Monkey

🇳🇱 Guatemalaanse Brulaap ·Alouatta pigra

ENendangered 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Ricard Busquets Reverte · CC BY 4.0
2. © Danny Colli · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Rafael Paredes Montesinos · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Ian Morton · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © apff_usumacinta · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Arnoldo Villaseñor · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © Roberto González · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Guatemalan black howler , or Yucatan black howler , ( Alouatta pigra ) 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 Yucatan 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.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,065iNaturalist observations
threat ENendangered

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.
4,065 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.