Coiba_Island_howler

Coiba Island howler

Coiba Island howler

Species of New World monkey

The Coiba Island howler (Alouatta coibensis) is a type of howler monkey, a type of New World monkey, endemic to Panama. Although the Coiba Island howler has been recognized as a separate species by a number of authorities since a 1987 study of its fingerprints, mitochondrial DNA testing found it does not differ from mantled howler populations in any significant way.[4] A reason given for treating it as a separate species is that the dermal ridges of its hands and feet differ from those of the mantled howler.[5]

Quick Facts Conservation status, Scientific classification ...

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

Subspecies

Two subspecies of this howler have been recognized by those who consider it a separate species:[1]

References

  1. [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. [2]
    Méndez-Carvajal, P.G.; Cuarón, A.D.; Shedden, A.; Rodriguez-Luna, E.; de Grammont, P.C.; Link, A. (2021) [amended version of 2020 assessment]. "Alouatta palliata ssp. coibensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T43899A195441006. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T43899A195441006.en. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  4. [4]
    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.
  5. [5]
    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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