Coiba Island howler

The Coiba Island howler (Alouatta coibensis) is a species of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Panama. Although the Coiba Island howler is generally recognized as a separate species, mitochondrial DNA testing is inconclusive as to whether it is actually a subspecies of the mantled howler.[3] The reason for treating it as a separate species is the dermal ridges of its hands and feet differ from those of the mantled howler.[4]

Coiba Island howler[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Atelidae
Genus: Alouatta
Species:
A. coibensis
Binomial name
Alouatta coibensis
Thomas, 1902

A. c. coibensis is smaller than other Central American howler monkeys and has duller pelage than the Azuero howler, Alouatta coibensis trabeata.

Subspecies

The two subspecies of this howler are:[1]

References

  1. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 148–149. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. Cuarón, A. D.; Shedden, A.; Rodríguez-Luna, E.; de Grammont, P. C. & Link, A. (2008). "Alouatta palliata ssp. coibensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2012.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. Rylands; Groves; Mittermeier; Cortes-Ortiz & Hines (2006). "Taxonomy and Distributions of Mesoamerican Primates". In Estrada, A.; Garber, P.A.; Pavelka, M.S.M. & Luecke, L. (eds.). New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates. Springer. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-387-25854-6.
  4. Rowe, N. (1996). The Pictorial Guide to the Living Primates. East Hampton, N.Y.: Pogonias Press. p. 109. ISBN 0-9648825-0-7.

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