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Mammals · Primates · Atelidae
Colombian Red Howler Monkey
Alouatta seniculus
Least Concern
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
The Colombian red howler is a platyrrhine primate of the family Atelidae that lives in Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, its presence in Brazil being disputed: the taxa found in that country have all been included in other species. The records and photographs indicating its presence in Bolivia do not match the current characterisation of A. seniculus, so the only species of the genus whose presence has been confirmed in that country are considered to be Alouatta sara and A. caraya, with A. puruensis possible but unrecorded.
Weight
4 kg – 9 kg
Size
45 cm – 72 cm
Life expectancy
25 years
