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title: "Yucatán Black Howler Monkey"
description: "Alouatta pigra — Mammals. The Yucatán black howler, or Guatemalan black howler, is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/yucatan-black-howler-monkey
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yucatán Black Howler Monkey

> Alouatta pigra — Mammals. The Yucatán black howler, or Guatemalan black howler, is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central America.

- Scientific name: *Alouatta pigra*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 4021
- Wikidata: [Q849419](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q849419)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43439](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43439)

## Names

- en: Yucatán Black Howler Monkey
- de: Guatemalabrüllaffe
- es: Mono aullador negro
- fr: Singe hurleur du Guatemala
- nl: Mexicaanse brulaap
- pt: Bugio-da-Guatemala
- pl: Wyjec jukatański

## Countries with the most observations

MX (2164), BZ (1009), GT (551)

## Summary

The Yucatán black howler, or Guatemalan black howler, 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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucat%C3%A1n_black_howler

## Photo

![Yucatán Black Howler Monkey](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yucatan-black-howler-monkey/medium.jpg)

Photo: Zygy · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105751398

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yucatan-black-howler-monkey?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).