Maranhão red-handed howler: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Maranhão red-handed howler lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Alouatta ululata
Group	Monkeys
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Atelidae

Where does the Maranhão red-handed howler live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Maranhão red-handed howler in 1 country or territory across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil.

Brazil

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Maranhão red-handed howler endangered?

The Maranhão red-handed howler’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Maranhão red-handed howler?

The Maranhão red-handed howler (Alouatta ululata) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Atelidae, genus Alouatta. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Maranhão red-handed howler

The Maranhão red-handed howler (Alouatta ululata) is an endangered species of howler monkey endemic to forests (for example Babaçu forests) in the northeastern Brazilian states of Ceará, Maranhão and Piauí. It was previously thought to be a subspecies of the red-handed howler, but unlike that species, the Maranhão red-handed howler is strongly sexually dichromatic.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Maranhão red-handed howler (revision 1363965943), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1353729 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).