Coiba Island Howler

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Coiba Island Howler[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Atelidae
Genus: Alouatta
Species: A. coibensis
Binomial name
Alouatta coibensis
Thomas, 1902

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.[2]

[edit] Subspecies

There are two subspecies of this howler:[1]

[edit] References

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  1. ^ a b c Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 148-149. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ Rylands, Groves, Mittermeier, Cortes-Ortiz & Hines, "Taxonomy and Distributions of Mesoamerican Primates", New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates, p. 53
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