black howler monkey vs niaouli

Alouatta caraya compared with Melaleuca quinquenervia

Key Differences

• black howler monkey is Near Threatened while niaouli is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	black howler monkey	niaouli
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Atelidae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Alouatta	Melaleuca
Species	Alouatta caraya	Melaleuca quinquenervia

Conservation Status

black howler monkey

NT — Near Threatened

niaouli

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	black howler monkey	niaouli
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

black howler monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

niaouli

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (India, Malaysia, Vietnam), Europe (5 countries), North America (18 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (4 countries).

black howler monkey

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