Coiba Island howler

Coiba Island howler
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.[3] The reason for treating it as a separate species is that the dermal ridges of its hands and feet differ from those of the Mantled Howler.[4]

Subspecies

There are two subspecies of this howler:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Groves, C. (2005). Wilson, D. E., & Reeder, D. M, eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 148-149. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=12100377. 
  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. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/43899. Retrieved 24 March 2011. 
  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.. 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. 

External links

Data related to Coiba Island Howler at Wikispecies