Mexican Black Howler Monkey
Alouatta pigra
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Epic
- Observations
- 2,626
- Most observed in
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Conservation
- Endangered
Description
The Yucatán black howler, or Guatemalan 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 Yucatán 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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Yucatán black howler”.