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.

[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.

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