The Ecuadorian mantled howler (''Alouatta palliata aequatorialis'') is a subspecies of the

mantled howler The mantled howler (''Alouatta palliata'') is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central and South America. It is one of the monkey species most often seen and heard in the wild in Central America. It takes its "mantled ...

, ''A. palliata''. It ranges from

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(or possibly the eastern tip of Costa Rica) through Colombia and

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar language, Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechuan ...

into northern

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. The range limits between the Ecuadorian mantled howler and the

golden-mantled howler The golden-mantled howler (''Alouatta palliata palliata'') is a subspecies of the mantled howler, ''A. palliata''. It ranges throughout much of Central America, in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, and possibly Panama. The range ...

are not entirely clear. The Ecuadorian mantled howler replaces the Golden-mantled howler in either extreme eastern Costa Rica or western Panama. The Ecuadorian mantled howler differs from the golden-mantled howler primarily by being paler, with a more yellowish mantle. File:Panamanian Male Adult Howler Monkey.jpg, male File:Ecuadorian mantled howler (Alouatta palliata aequatorialis) family group.jpg, troop File:Ecuadorian mantled howler (Alouatta palliata aequatorialis) adult with juvenile.jpg, adult with infant File:Ecuadorian mantled howler (Alouatta palliata aequatorialis) juvenile male.jpg, juvenile File:Ecuadorian mantled howler (Alouatta palliata aequatorialis) juvenile male with botfly (Oestridae sp.).jpg, juvenile female with botfly parasite

References

Mammals of Colombia Mammals of Ecuador Primates of Central America Howler monkeys Primates of South America Mammals described in 1903 {{newworld-monkey-stub