TTMT 056 Red Howler Monkey Traditional Cache
TTMT 056 Red Howler Monkey
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Welcome to the Team Trunk Monkey Turnpike - "TTMT"
This series of caches runs along this stretch of 4-lane road, which features a wide paved shoulder along it's entire course. These caches will all be on the South / East side of the road. There will be caches of several different sizes and types, and the hiding spots will vary in difficulty and terrain, as the locations allow. As such, several of these caches will have you walking through tall grass & looking through vegetation. During the "tick season" it is highly recommended to use a quality insect repellent, and as always if it is sunny out, use a good sunblock too.
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Red Howler Monkey
Alouatta seniculus
Suborder: Haplorrhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Atelidae
Subfamily: Alouattinae
Genus: Alouatta
Species: A. macconnelli, A. sara, A. seniculus
Subspecies: A. seniculus arctoidea, A. seniculus juara, A. seniculus seniculus
Other names: A. sara: Bolivian red howler monkey; A. seniculus: red howler monkey, red howling monkey; rode brulaap (Dutch); hurleur roux (French); aullador amazónico, coto rojo, guariba vermelha, mono araguato (Spanish); röd vrålapa (Swedish); A. macconnelli: A. s. insulanus, Guyanan red howler, Trinidad howling monkey; A. s. juara: juruá red howling monkey; guariba vermelha (Spanish); A. s. seniculus: Colombian red howling monkey; guariba vermelha (Spanish).
The taxonomy of red howler monkeys is debated. Groves (2001) lists three subspecies of A. seniculus; A. s. arctoidea, A. s. juara, and A. s. seniculus. In their taxonomic review, Rylands et al. describe seven subspecies of the type, A. s. seniculus, A. s. insulanus, A. seniculus ssp. (formerly stramineus), A. s. amazonica, A. s. juara, A. s. puruensis and A. s. arctoidea (2000). Groves subsumes A. s. amazonica and A. s. puruensis under A. s. juara. In addition, he folds both A. s. ssp. (formerly stramineus) and A. s. insulanus into A. macconnelli (Groves 2001) (for a description of the differences in taxonomy see Rylands 2001). Thus, both the Guianan and Trinidad red howler monkeys are listed here as A. macconnelli. Otherwise, Groves' taxonomy of A. seniculus and its subspecies is followed.
Conservation status:
Least concern (A. macconnelli), Least concern (A. sara), Least concern (A. seniculus)
Life span: 22 years (captive)
Total population: Unknown
Regions: Neotropical South America
Gestation: 191 days
Height: 52.3 to 57 cm (M), 46.8 to 49.7 cm
Weight: 6 to 7.6 kg (M), 4.5 to 6.3 kg
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