Coiba Island howler

The Coiba Howler Monkey ( Alouatta coibensis ) is a controversial primate species from the genus of howler monkeys within the peg-tail monkeys ( Atelidae ). It is found only in Panama.

Coiba howler monkeys are similar to the howler monkeys, with which they are closely related, but they are smaller than this. They are found on the island of Coiba off the Pacific coast of Panama and on the Azuero Peninsula. The subspecies of the island of Coiba (A. c. Coibensis ) has a darker coat than the subspecies on the mainland (A. c. Trabeata ), which is brown in color. On the flanks they have like the howler monkey red gold, fringe- like hair.

Over the life of these animals, little is known, she probably agrees with that of the other howler monkeys match. As a result, they live in groups of several males and females and feed on leaves and other plant parts.

Whether it actually is a separate species at Coiba howler monkeys, is controversial. Many classifications arrange the two subspecies only as a sub-species of howler monkeys. Also, the IUCN does not recognize the type. It lists A. c. coibensis, as the island of Coiba, although only covers 460 km ² as threatened ( vulnerable ), but is protected. The mainland population of A. c. trabeata applies, however, due to the destruction of the habitat to be threatened with extinction ( critically endangered ).