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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
Subspecies
There are two subspecies of this howler:1
- Alouatta coibensis coibensis Thomas, 1902
- Azuero Howler Monkey, Alouatta coibensis trabeata Lawrence, 1933
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- ^ a b Groves, C. (2005-11-16). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds). ed.. Mammal Species of the World (3rd edition ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 148-149. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.
- ^ Cuarón, A. D., Shedden, A., Rodríguez-Luna, E., de Grammont, P. C. & Link, A. (2008). Alouatta palliata ssp. coibensis. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2008. Retrieved on 3 January 2009.
- ^ 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.. New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-387-25854-6.
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