Coiba Island howler: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Coiba Island howler lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Alouatta coibensis
Group	Monkeys
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Primates
Family	Atelidae

Where does the Coiba Island howler live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Coiba Island howler in 1 country or territory across North America.

Panama

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the Coiba Island howler?

The Coiba Island howler (Alouatta coibensis) is a mammal in the order Primates and the family Atelidae, genus Alouatta. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Coiba Island howler

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. 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.

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

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Coiba Island howler (revision 1356965818), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q951736 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).