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title: "Red-handed Howler Monkey"
description: "Alouatta belzebul — Mammiferi. The red-handed howler (Alouatta belzebul) is a vulnerable species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/red-handed-howler-monkey
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red-handed Howler Monkey

> Alouatta belzebul — Mammiferi. The red-handed howler (Alouatta belzebul) is a vulnerable species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey.

- Scientific name: *Alouatta belzebul*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `jungle` (Giungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 251
- Wikidata: [Q739571](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q739571)
- iNaturalist taxon: [43441](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/43441)

## Names

- en: Red-handed Howler Monkey
- de: Rothandbrüllaffe
- es: Mono aullador de manos rojas
- fr: Singe hurleur aux mains rousses
- nl: Roodhandbrulaap
- pt: Guariba-de-mãos-ruivas
- pl: Wyjec rdzaworęki

## Countries with the most observations

BR (235)

## Summary

The red-handed howler (Alouatta belzebul) is a vulnerable species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey. It is endemic to Brazil, found in the southeastern Amazon and disjunctly in the Atlantic Forest between Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-handed_howler

## Photo

![Red-handed Howler Monkey](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-handed-howler-monkey/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ítalo Rocha · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/379860173

## Machine access

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