An alternative spelling or variant form of Alouatta, the howler monkey genus.
A variant spelling of the Tupi 'alouatta,' showing how indigenous words underwent different transliterations when first recorded by European naturalists.
This spelling variation shows the chaos of early taxonomy—naturalists didn't have standardized ways to write indigenous names, so the same animal got spelled five different ways until scientists finally agreed on one version.
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