Black Howler Monkey vs Spanish cherry

Alouatta pigra compared with Mimusops elengi

Key Differences

• Black Howler Monkey is Endangered while Spanish cherry is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Howler Monkey	Spanish cherry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Atelidae	Sapotaceae
Genus	Alouatta	Mimusops
Species	Alouatta pigra	Mimusops elengi

Conservation Status

Black Howler Monkey

EN — Endangered

Spanish cherry

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Howler Monkey	Spanish cherry
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Howler Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spanish cherry

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (Maldives, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Black Howler Monkey

The Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) is a species in the genus Alouatta. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.