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The island is home to many endemic subspecies, including the Coiba Island howler monkey, and the Coiba spinetail. In 1919, a penal colony was built on the island and during the years that Panama was under the dictatorships of Omar Torrijos and Manuel Noriega , the prison on Coiba was a feared place with a reputation for brutal conditions ...
The Coiba plate was identified as early as 1981 by Pennington, and later in 1988 by Adamek et al. [1] It is named after Coiba, to the south of mainland Panama, bordering the plate. It was presented together with the newly defined Malpelo plate by Tuo Zhang and lead-researcher Richard G. Gordon et al. of Rice University in a paper published in ...
Coiba Airport is an airport serving Isla Coiba, a Pacific island in the Veraguas Province of Panama. The island and the surrounding waters are part of the Coiba National Park, a World Heritage Site. The airport is on the eastern shore of the island. South approach and departure are over the water.
The Gulf of Chiriquí is a part of Panama that encompasses Coiba National Park and Golfo de Chiriquí National Park. There are dozens of islands in this Gulf. Along with the islands of Coiba National Park there are also Islas Secas, Isla Los Ladrones, Isla Parida, Isla Boca Brava, Isla Palenque, and Isla Montuosa.
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]
It is endemic to the island of Coiba (Panama) and resembles the more widespread Central American agouti. It is threatened by habitat loss. References
The Isla de Coiba has been the site of the Coiba Penal Colony, Panama's harshest prison, since 1919. Although most of its prisoners are sentenced by courts to specified terms, sometimes persons are sent to Coiba while awaiting the results of pretrial investigation or prior to sentencing , a potential violation of judicial regulations.
Coiba spinetail Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Furnariidae Genus: Cranioleuca Species: C. dissita Binomial name Cranioleuca dissita Wetmore, 1957 Synonyms Craniolecua vulpina dissita The Coiba spinetail (Cranioleuca dissita) is a member of the family Furnariidae ...