Azuero howler

{{Short description|Subspecies of New World monkey}}

{{Subspeciesbox

| name = Azuero howler

| status = CR

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Cuarón, A.D. |author2=Palacios, E. |author3=Morales-Jiménez, A.L. |author4=Shedden, A. |author5=Rodriguez-Luna, E. |author6=de Grammont, P.C. |author7=Méndez-Carvajal, P.G. |author8=Cortés-Ortiz, L. |date=2020 |title=Alouatta palliata ssp. trabeata |volume=2020 |page=e.T43900A17979140 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T43900A17979140.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}

| genus = Alouatta

| species = coibensis

| species_link = Coiba Island howler

| subspecies = trabeata

| authority = Lawrence, 1933

}}

The Azuero howler (Alouatta coibensis trabeata) a type of monkey that is a subspecies of the Coiba Island howler A. coibensis. This subspecies is endemic to the Azuero Peninsula in Panama.{{cite book | author = Rylands | author2 = Groves | author3 = Mittermeier | author4 = Cortes-Ortiz | author5 = Hines | name-list-style = amp |editor1=Estrada, A. |editor2=Garber, P.A. |editor3=Pavelka, M.S.M. |editor4=Luecke, L. | chapter = Taxonomy and Distributions of Mesoamerican Primates | title = New Perspectives in the Study of Mesoamerican Primates| url = https://archive.org/details/newperspectivess00estr | url-access = limited | pages = [https://archive.org/details/newperspectivess00estr/page/n65 53]–55 | isbn=978-0-387-25854-6 | year = 2006| publisher = Springer }} The Azuero howler is distinguished primarily by its golden flanks and loins, and browner appearance on the rest of its body.

Although generally considered a subspecies of A. coibensis, there is some debate within the scientific community as to whether A. coibensis itself is a valid species. If not, A. c. trabeata would be considered subspecies of the mantled howler, A. palliata. In that case its trinomial name would be A. p. trabeata.