DOCSLIB.ORG

Article ISSN 1175-5334 (Online Edition) Urn:Lsid:Zoobank.Org:Pub:47AC4761-EF05-47C9-AC63-DA19246AFD25

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Article ISSN 1175-5334 (Online Edition) Urn:Lsid:Zoobank.Org:Pub:47AC4761-EF05-47C9-AC63-DA19246AFD25 Zootaxa 3507: 79–83 (2012) ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2012 · Magnolia Press Article ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:47AC4761-EF05-47C9-AC63-DA19246AFD25 A proposal for the common names for species of Chiropotes (Pitheciinae: Primates) ADRIAN. A. BARNETT1,2,16, LILIAM P. PINTO3,4, JÚLIO CÉSAR BICCA-MARQUES5, STEPHEN F. FERRARI6, MARCELO GORDO7, PATRICIA G. GUEDES8, MARIA APARECIDA LOPES9, JUAN C. OPAZO10, MARCIO PORT-CARVALHO11, RICARDO RODRIGUES DOS SANTOS12, RAFAELA F. SOARES13, WILSON R. SPIRONELLO2, LIZA M. VEIGA13, TATIANA MARTINS VIEIRA 14 & SARAH A. BOYLE15 1Centre for Research in Evolutionary and Environmental Anthropology, Roehampton University, London, England 2Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, AM, Brazil 3Curso de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil 4Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação da Biodiversidade Amazônica, Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiver- sidade, Manaus, AM, Brazil 5Faculdade de Biociências, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil 6Dept. Biologia, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, SE, Brazil 7Dept. Biologia, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, AM, Brazil 8Dept. Mastozoologia, Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil 9Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil 10Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Casilla 567, Valdivia, Chile 11Instituto Florestal de São Paulo, Estação Experimental de Bauru, SP, Brazil 12Centro de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais, Universidade Federal de Maranhão, Chapadinha, MA, Brazil 13Dept. Zoologia, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, PA, Brazil 14Programa de Pós Graduação em Zoologia do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, PA, Brazil 15Dept. Biology, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee, USA 16Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] Abstract The common English name for the genus Chiropotes is currently bearded saki. We propose the use of “cuxiú” as the com- mon name for Chiropotes species, arguing that this term not only has deeper cultural and historical roots, but would mesh with the common name currently in use over the vast majority of the genus range. Cuxiú (pronounced “coosh-e-oo”) would be phylogenetically and taxonomically more appropriate, and less ambiguous, than the currently used term, and remove the implied close affiliation between Pithecia and Chiropotes. Finally, as an indigenously-derived name, it would fit with the common names in use for the other two genera in the sub-family Pitheciinae (uacari, Cacajao; saki, Pithecia), both of which also have indigenous origins. Key words: Bearded saki, Chiropotes, Cuxiú, Pithecidae Pitheciin systematics Together with Cacajao Lesson 1840 and Pithecia Desmarest 1804, the genus Chiropotes Lesson 1840 forms the Pitheciinae, a sub-family of the Pithecidae (Groves 2005). In current English usage (e.g. IUCN 2011), monkeys of the three genera are generally referred to as sakis (Pithecia), uacaris (Cacajao), and bearded sakis (Chiropotes). The terms for the former two genera are derived from indigenous names for the monkeys (Barnett 2004), whereas the latter is the English form of the equivalent name in German, “Bartsaki”, which was coined by Hick (1968). Common names generally use salient visual characters both to distinguish between species (Barnett 2004), and to provide a verbal grouping for visually similar animals (Yoon 2009; Atran & Medin 2010). Aside from the Accepted by P. Gaubert: 31 Aug. 2012; published: 5 Oct. 2012 79 occasional divergence, such folk taxonomies generally approximate well to scientific taxonomy (e.g. Fleck et al. 1999). However, while the English common name for Chiropotes refers to a salient characteristic of the animal it also implies a closer affinity between Chiropotes and Pithecia than between either of these genera and Cacajao. As noted by Opazo et al. (2006), this implication is incorrect. The superficial similarity between Chiropotes and Pithecia is restricted to the distinctive, long bushy tail, which is notably lacking in Cacajao, the only platyrrhine where the tail is highly reduced (Figure 1). The term “bearded” as a distinguishing factor is based on the fact that both adult male and female Chiropotes have hypertrophied hair on the lower jaw, a feature absent in Pithecia. In Cacajao, a variable amount of facial hair is also present. Although this never approaches the beard of Chiropotes, it does confound the use of the beard as a diagnostic criterion for the informal distinction of the genus Chiropotes within the pitheciines. We argue that correcting this error is important because, in a rare moment of phylogenetic unanimity, all recent published studies of the topic consider Cacajao and Chiropotes to be sister taxa within the subfamily Pitheciinae. Such studies have included morphological (Rosenberger 1981; Horovitz et al. 1998; Kay 1990; Marroig & Cheverud 2004), molecular (Canavez et al. 1999; von Dornum & Ruvolo 1999; Opazo et al. 2006; Chatterjee et al. 2009; Wildman et al. 2009), cytogenetic (Moura-Pensin et al. 2001; Finotelo et al. 2010), and biochemical (Schneider et al. 1995) analyses. According to Schneider (2000), Pithecia diverged from the pitheciin lineage some 3 million years before the separation of Chiropotes and Cacajao. It is important that the correct distinctions are recognised, as there are strong behavioural and ecological differences among the three genera, including group size, degree of specialization for seed predation, and even distribution patterns (i.e. allopatry between Cacajao and Chiropotes) (Norconk 2001). Pitheciin taxonomic history Taxonomic unanimity has, however, taken time to establish: historically, the three genera were first assigned to the long-abolished Simia (Cacajao and Chiropotes by Humboldt (1811), and Pithecia by Linnaeus (1766)), all were subsequently transferred to Pithecia by Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1812), a grouping then divided by Lesson (1840) into Cacajao, Pithecia (Pithecia) and Pithecia (Chiropotes). The latter was first elevated to full generic status (as Cheiropotes) by Reichenbach (1862), and then amended to Chiropotes by Gray (1870), although later publications, such as the influential A Review of the Primates (Elliot 1913), still retained it as a sub-genus of Pithecia. Consequently, the presence of “saki” as a shared element in the common names of Pithecia and Chiropotes appear to be at least partly rooted in these historical groupings. Common name use: cuxiú In addition to being phylogenetically misleading, the common English name in current usage for the monkeys of the genus Chiropotes is also both ungainly and inconsistent with the use of indigenous names for the other pitheciine genera (Barnett 2004). There is, however, a common name for Chiropotes that pre-dates “bearded saki”, and which does not suggest an erroneously close link with Pithecia. This name is “cuxiú”. When describing, as Simia satanas, a specimen of Chiropotes satanas, Humboldt (1811) gave the common names as “couxio” and “couchio du Grand Para”. In the same publication Humboldt (1811: 313) also introduced the term “chiropotes”, formed from the Greek words “hand” and “drinker”, in the following manner ‘’J’ai nommé le Capucin Simia chiropotes, de , main, et , buveur’’, referring specifically to the habit of drinking water by immersing the hand in the liquid. While “hand-drinker” would be a transliteration of the genus name, it is now redundant as a descriptor, given that this type of behaviour has now been observed in many other monkey species. The beard was mentioned in the description of this specimen, but was not given any special significance. In Elliot (1913) both Pithecia and Chiropotes were called sakis, with Chiropotes species having such common names of red-backed saki and black saki. However, consistent with Humboldt’s naming, the type species of the modern genus Chiropotes was named by Lesson (1840) as “Pithecia (Chiropotes) couxio”. Although “Chiropotes couxio” is unavailable because of its synonymy with Chiropotes satanas (earlier described as “Cebus satanas” by Hoffmannseg 1807 [see Groves 2005: 146]), the use of the word cuxiú in 1840 does highlight the antiquity of the association of this name with the evolutionary lineage of pitheciins that Chiropotes represents. 80 · Zootaxa 3507 © 2012 Magnolia Press BARNETT ET AL. FIGURE 1. A long bushy tail and no beard characterize (A) Pithecia, which is taxonomically less related to (B) short-tailed, beardless Cacajao and (C) long bushy-tailed, bearded Chiropotes than these two genera are to each other, yet both Chiropotes and Pithecia are currently called sakis. All three photos are courtesy of Luiz Claudio Marigo. Additionally, the current common names for Cacajao and Pithecia (uacari and saki, respectively) are both derived from indigenous names (Barnett 2004). By adopting the indigenous word cuxiú (pronounced: coosh-e-oo) as the common name for the genus Chiropotes, we would be using a name employed throughout the Brazilian Amazon that is well-established in the academic literature written in Portuguese (Ferreira 1792; Goeldi 1893; Deane 1967; Ayres 1981; Arruda 1985; Veiga 2006; Pinto 2008) and that differs only orthographically from the use of “couxio” or “couchio” in Humboldt (1811). Hence a similar rule
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Fascinating Primates 3/4/13 8:09 AM Ancient Egyptians Used Traits of an Ibis Or a Hamadryas Used Traits Egyptians Ancient ) to Represent Their God Thoth
    © Copyright, Princeton University Press. No part of this book may be distributed, posted, or reproduced in any form by digital or mechanical means without prior written permission of the publisher. Fascinating Primates Fascinating The Beginning of an Adventure Ever since the time of the fi rst civilizations, nonhuman primates and people have oc- cupied overlapping habitats, and it is easy to imagine how important these fi rst contacts were for our ancestors’ philosophical refl ections. Long ago, adopting a quasi- scientifi c view, some people accordingly regarded pri- mates as transformed humans. Others, by contrast, respected them as distinct be- ings, seen either as bearers of sacred properties or, conversely, as diabolical creatures. A Rapid Tour around the World In Egypt under the pharaohs, science and religion were still incompletely separated. Priests saw the Papio hamadryas living around them as “brother baboons” guarding their temples. In fact, the Egyptian god Thoth was a complex deity combining qualities of monkeys and those of other wild animal species living in rice paddies next to temples, all able to sound the alarm if thieves were skulking nearby. At fi rst, baboons represented a local god in the Nile delta who guarded sacred sites. The associated cult then spread through middle Egypt. Even- tually, this god was assimilated by the Greeks into Hermes Trismegistus, the deity measuring and interpreting time, the messenger of the gods. One conse- quence of this deifi cation was that many animals were mummifi ed after death to honor them. Ancient Egyptians used traits of an ibis or a Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas) to represent their god Thoth.
    [Show full text]
  • Levels of Affiliation Between Members of a Captive Family Group of White-Faced Saki Monkeys (Pithecia Pitheciay)
    Lambda Alpha Journal Page 39 Volume 39, 2009 Levels of Affiliation between Members of a Captive Family Group of White-faced Saki Monkeys (Pithecia pitheciay) Angela Toole Department of Anthropology University of Missouri- St. Louis White-faced saki monkeys (Pithecia pitheciai are monogamous primates rarely studied in the wild. Little is known about their affiliative behavior. This study examined levels of affiliation between five members of a captive family group of white-faced saki monkeys at the St. Louis Zoo from October to November 2008. I collected twenty hours of data on the affiliative behavior of the five member group. This data consisted of focal animal samples, nearest neighbor focal animal samples, and interaction matrices of affiliative behaviors to determine the differences in levels of affiliation between male and female parent sakis, and male and female offspring. I found that male and female offspring tend to affiliate more than male offspring do with each other. The male parent rarely affiliated with his female offspring while the female parent affiliated with both her male and female offspring. The bonded pair affiliated infrequently and were rarely observed in proximity of each other (only 1 % of the observed time was spent in close proximity). These results differ from the findings of studies of the affiliative behaviors of the closely related titi monkeys (Callicebus sp.). Previous studies of captive titi monkeys show that affiliation tends to be higher between the bonded pair than between the parents and their offspring and that bonded pairs of titi monkeys display "jealousy behaviors" when intruders enter their group.
    [Show full text]
  • Information to Users
    INFORMATION TO USERS This manuscript has been reproduced from the microfilm master. UMI films the text directly from the original or copy submitted. Thus, some thesis and dissertation copies are in typewriter face, while others may be from any type of computer printer. The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleedthrough, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely affect reproduction. In the unlikely event that the author did not send UMI a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. Oversize materials (e.g., maps, drawings, charts) are reproduced by sectioning the original, beginning at the upper left-hand comer and continuing from left to right in equal sections with small overlaps. Each original is also photographed in one exposure and is included in reduced form at the back of the book. Photographs included in the original manuscript have been reproduced xerographically in this copy. Higher quality 6” x 9” black and white photographic prints are available for any photographs or illustrations appearing in this copy for an additional charge. Contact UMI directly to order. UMI A Bell & Howell Information Company 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor MI 48106-1346 USA 313/761-4700 800/521-0600 RAPID PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND MATURATION, DELAYED BEHAVIORAL MATURATION, AND SINGLE BIRTH IN YOUNG ADULT CALLTMICO: A REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Donald P.
    [Show full text]
  • An Expanded Search for Simian Foamy Viruses (SFV) in Brazilian New World Primates Identifies Novel SFV Lineages and Host Age‑Related Infections Cláudia P
    Muniz et al. Retrovirology (2015) 12:94 DOI 10.1186/s12977-015-0217-x RESEARCH Open Access An expanded search for simian foamy viruses (SFV) in Brazilian New World primates identifies novel SFV lineages and host age‑related infections Cláudia P. Muniz1,2, Hongwei Jia2, Anupama Shankar2, Lian L. Troncoso1, Anderson M. Augusto3, Elisabete Farias1, Alcides Pissinatti4, Luiz P. Fedullo3, André F. Santos1, Marcelo A. Soares1,5 and William M. Switzer2* Abstract Background: While simian foamy viruses have co-evolved with their primate hosts for millennia, most scientific stud- ies have focused on understanding infection in Old World primates with little knowledge available on the epidemiol- ogy and natural history of SFV infection in New World primates (NWPs). To better understand the geographic and species distribution and evolutionary history of SFV in NWPs we extend our previous studies in Brazil by screening 15 genera consisting of 29 NWP species (140 monkeys total), including five genera (Brachyteles, Cacajao, Callimico, Mico, and Pithecia) not previously analyzed. Monkey blood specimens were tested using a combination of both serology and PCR to more accurately estimate prevalence and investigate transmission patterns. Sequences were phylogeneti- cally analyzed to infer SFV and host evolutionary histories. Results: The overall serologic and molecular prevalences were 42.8 and 33.6 %, respectively, with a combined assay prevalence of 55.8 %. Discordant serology and PCR results were observed for 28.5 % of the samples, indicating that both methods are currently necessary for estimating NWP SFV prevalence. SFV prevalence in sexually mature NWPs with a positive result in any of the WB or PCR assays was 51/107 (47.7 %) compared to 20/33 (61 %) for immature animals.
    [Show full text]
  • Itinerary & Primer: Neotropical Rainforest
    ITINERARY & PRIMER: NEOTROPICAL RAINFOREST FIELD ECOLOGY COURSE by Marc G. M. van Roosmalen This course is a personalized introduction to the Amazon rainforest realm that will be offered by David and Marc while we are following some of the footsteps of the great naturalists of the 19th century on the path of evolution (e.g., Von Humboldt, Wallace, Spix, Martius, Bates and Spruce). Through the study of the intricate web of plant-animal relations in the dynamics of pristine, over more than 70 million years evolved ancient forest and testing Alfred Wallace's river barrier hypothesis, we will unveil the long standing academic question why the Amazon harbors the by far highest biodiversity of all terrestrial ecosystems. Therefore, we have to look up-close at the continent's geomorphology going back in time at least to the Miocene. Which major vicariant events have taken place and what role the over one thousand major tributaries of the Amazon proper have played and still play, together with their floodplains, in the genetic isolation of plant and animal populations, radiation of species and speciation. This is best demonstrated through the distribution of extant primates (i.e., Neotropical monkeys) which, at least in non-volant mammals, strongly supports the phylogenetic species concept. On our boat voyage through part of the Rio Negro Basin we will further look into each exclusive all- Amazonian phenomenon and issues such as the different types of water, the annual tide, the major floodplain and terra firme (never inundating) forest types linked to water type and soil conditions, their phyto-sociological composition, physiognomy, phyto-chemistry, animal guilds, ecological niches, seed dispersal syndromes, seed/seedling predation, co-evolution, and seasonal lateral migration of the entire frugivorous community from nearby terra firme (upland) hinterland into the black- and clear-water floodplain called igapo to feed on its bounty of fruits during the peak of the flood season (in the Rio Negro Basin taking place in the period June- August).
    [Show full text]
  • Travel and Spatial Patterns Change When Chiropotes Satanas Chiropotes Inhabit Forest Fragments
    Int J Primatol (2009) 30:515–531 DOI 10.1007/s10764-009-9357-y Travel and Spatial Patterns Change When Chiropotes satanas chiropotes Inhabit Forest Fragments Sarah A. Boyle & Waldete C. Lourenço & Lívia R. da Silva & Andrew T. Smith Received: 14 October 2008 /Accepted: 14 May 2009 /Published online: 22 May 2009 # Springer Science + Business Media, LLC 2009 Abstract Previous studies have used home range size to predict a species’ vulnerability to forest fragmentation. Northern bearded saki monkeys (Chiropotes satanas chiropotes) are medium-bodied frugivores with large home ranges, but sometimes they reside in forest fragments that are smaller than the species’ characteristic home range size. Here we examine how travel and spatial patterns differ among groups living in forest fragments of 3 size classes (1 ha, 10 ha, and 100 ha) versus continuous forest. We collected data in 6 research cycles from July– August 2003 and January 2005–June 2006 at the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP), north of Manaus, Brazil. For each cycle, we followed the monkeys at each study site from dawn until dusk for 3 consecutive days, and recorded their location. Although bearded saki monkeys living in 10-ha and 1-ha fragments had smaller day ranges and traveled shorter daily distances, they traveled greater distances than expected based on the size of the forest fragment. Monkeys in the small fragments revisited a greater percentage of feeding trees each day, traveled in more circular patterns, and used the fragments in a more uniform pattern than monkeys in the continuous forest. Our results suggest that monkeys in the small fragments maximize their use of the forest, and that the preservation of large tracts of forest is essential for species conservation.
    [Show full text]
  • The Reproductive Costs and Benefits to Individuals of Forming Large 9 Multimale/Multifemale Groups Paul A
    Comp. by: Leela Stage: Proof Chapter No.: 9 Title Name: VEIGA_et_al Date:7/11/12 Time:09:43:54 Page Number: 96 Part II Comparative Pitheciid Ecology Chapter Male cooperation in Pitheciines: the reproductive costs and benefits to individuals of forming large 9 multimale/multifemale groups Paul A. Garber & Martin M. Kowalewski Primates differ from many other animal lineages in that they show rather good evidence of cooperation, especially in long- term relationships. (van Schaik & Kappeler 2006, p. 13) Introduction Over the past few years, a series of papers have been pub- Traditional approaches to the study of primate sociality have lished (Dugatkin 1997; Nunn 2000; Chapais 2006; van Schaik & highlighted predator protection as a primary benefit of group Kappeler 2006; Sussman & Garber 2007) that provide strong living, and argue that factors such as aggression, dominance empirical and theoretical support for models of primate social- and feeding competition constrain or determine group size, ity based on patterns of affiliation, cooperation, reciprocity and group composition and the nature of social interactions mutualism. These studies build on the work of Hamilton among individual group members (van Schaik 1983, 1989; (1964), Trivers (1971) and Axelrod and Hamilton (1981) in Janson & Goldsmith 1995; Sterck et al. 1997; Chapman & defining and expanding the set of social and ecological condi- Chapman 2000; Janson 2000; Kappeler & van Schaik 2002). tions under which cooperative behaviors are expected to evolve In particular, both the socioecological model and the ecological and be maintained as an evolutionary stable strategy. constraints model describe a set of resource conditions Here we define cooperation as coordinated “actions or traits (clumped and monopolizable resources of intermediate size that benefit other individuals” (van Schaik & Kappeler 2006, p.
    [Show full text]
  • Gene Expression CARLA M
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA Vol. 92, pp. 2607-2611, March 1995 Evolution Fate of a redundant y-globin gene in the atelid clade of New World monkeys: Implications concerning fetal globin gene expression CARLA M. M. MEIRELES*t, MARIA P. C. SCHNEIDER*t, MARIA I. C. SAMPAIO*t, HoRAcIo SCHNEIDER*t, JERRY L. SLIGHTOM4, CHI-HUA CHIUt§, KATHY NEISWANGERT, DEBORAH L. GuMucIoll, JOHN CZELUSNLAKt, AND MORRIS GOODMANt** *Departamento de Genetica, Universidade Federal do Para, Belem, Para, Brazil; Departments of tAnatomy and Cell Biology and §Molecular Biology and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201; tMolecular Biology Unit 7242, The Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, MI 49007; 1Westem Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2593; and IlDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0616 Communicated by Roy J. Britten, California Institute of Technology, Corona Del Mar, CA, December 19, 1994 (received for review August 19, 1994) ABSTRACT Conclusive evidence was provided that y', purifying selection. One outcome was that a mutation that the upstream of the two linked simian y-globin loci (5'-y'- made the qr locus a pseudogene was fixed -65 MYA in the 'y2-3'), is a pseudogene in a major group of New World eutherian lineage that evolved into the first true primates (4, monkeys. Sequence analysis of PCR-amplified genomic frag- 8). A later outcome, most likely favored by positive selection, ments of predicted sizes revealed that all extant genera of the was that embryonically expressed -y-globin genes became platyrrhine family Atelidae [Lagothrix (woolly monkeys), fetally expressed in the primate lineage out of which platyr- Brachyteles (woolly spider monkeys), Ateles (spider monkeys), rhines and catarrhines descended (1-3,9, 10).
    [Show full text]
  • NEOTROPICAL Primates VOLUME 9 NUMBER 3 DECEMBER 2001
    ISSN 1413-4703 NEOTROPICAL primates VOLUME 9 NUMBER 3 DECEMBER 2001 A Journal and Newsletter of the Neotropical Section of the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group Editors: Anthony B. Rylands and Ernesto Rodríguez-Luna PSG Chairman: Russell A. Mittermeier PSG Deputy Chairmen: Anthony B. Rylands and William R. Konstant Neotropical Primates A Journal and Newsletter of the Neotropical Section of the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group Center for Applied Biodiversity Science S Conservation International T 1919 M. St. NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036, USA t ISSN 1413-4703 w Abbreviation: Neotrop. Primates a Editors t Anthony B. Rylands, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International, Washington, DC Ernesto RodrÌguez-Luna, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico S Assistant Editor Jennifer Pervola, Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International, Washington, DC P P Editorial Board Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, UK B Adelmar F. Coimbra-Filho, Academia Brasileira de CiÍncias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil D Liliana CortÈs-Ortiz, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico < Carolyn M. Crockett, Regional Primate Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA t Stephen F. Ferrari, Universidade Federal do Par·, BelÈm, Brazil Eckhard W. Heymann, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Gˆttingen, Germany U William R. Konstant, Conservation International, Washington, DC V Russell A. Mittermeier, Conservation International, Washington, DC e Marta D. Mudry, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina Hor·cio Schneider, Universidade Federal do Par·, BelÈm, Brazil Karen B. Strier, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA C Maria EmÌlia Yamamoto, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil M Primate Specialist Group a Chairman Russell A. Mittermeier Deputy Chairs Anthony B.
    [Show full text]
  • Neotropical Primates 19(1), June 2012
    Neotropical Primates A Journal of the Neotropical Section of the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group Conservation International 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500, Arlington, VA 22202, USA ISSN 1413-4703 Abbreviation: Neotrop. Primates Editors Erwin Palacios, Conservación Internacional Colombia, Bogotá DC, Colombia Liliana Cortés Ortiz, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Júlio César Bicca-Marques, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil Eckhard Heymann, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Göttingen, Germany Jessica Lynch Alfaro, Institute for Society and Genetics, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA Anita Stone, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, Pará, Brazil News and Books Reviews Brenda Solórzano, Instituto de Neuroetología, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, México Ernesto Rodríguez-Luna, Instituto de Neuroetología, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, México Founding Editors Anthony B. Rylands, Conservation International, Arlington VA, USA Ernesto Rodríguez-Luna, Instituto de Neuroetología, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, México Editorial Board Bruna Bezerra, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, UK Adelmar F. Coimbra-Filho, Academia Brasileira de Ciências, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Carolyn M. Crockett, Regional Primate Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA Stephen F. Ferrari, Universidade Federal do Sergipe, Aracajú, Brazil Russell A. Mittermeier, Conservation International, Arlington, VA, USA Marta D. Mudry, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina Anthony Rylands, Conservation International, Arlington, VA, USA Horácio Schneider, Universidade Federal do Pará, Campus Universitário de Bragança, Brazil Karen B. Strier, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA Maria Emília Yamamoto, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil Primate Specialist Group Chairman, Russell A. Mittermeier Deputy Chair, Anthony B.
    [Show full text]
  • Neotropical Primates from the Cologne Zoo in the Collections of The
    Bonn zoological Bulletin 63 (2): 173 –187 December 2014 neotropical primates from the cologne Zoo in the collections of the Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum alexander koenig: noteworthy specimens, taxonomic notes and general considerations gustav Peters 1, tanja Haus 2,3 & rainer Hutterer 1 1 Department of Vertebrates, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany; E-mail: [email protected] 2 Primate Genetics Laboratory, 3 Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, German Primate Center, Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Kellnerweg 4, D-37077 Goettingen, Germany; E-mail: [email protected] abstract . Cologne Zoo was a major place for the captive care of primates of the family Pitheciidae in the second half of the last century. Various species of the genera Cacajao , Chiropotes and Pithecia , which until then had a poor survival record in human care, lived at the Cologne Zoo for years. This offered the unique possibility to gather important infor - mation on their biology and care in captivity. Moreover several individuals were featured in a diverse array of technical publications and/or were mentioned in respective texts. However, at that time knowledge on the taxonomy of South Amer - ican primates was still incomplete. New species and subspecies were named, some of which were kept in the zoo unno - ticed. After their death Cologne Zoo donated specimens as vouchers to the Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig. We evaluate their species identity in the context of the ongoing debate on the taxonomy of these three genera and also address the potential importance of zoo specimens for the scientific study of taxonomic and biological ques - tions.
    [Show full text]
  • Evolutionary History of New World Monkeys Revealed by Molecular and Fossil Data
    bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/178111; this version posted August 18, 2017. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. Evolutionary history of New World monkeys revealed by molecular and fossil data Daniele Silvestro1,2,3,*, Marcelo F. Tejedor4,5,*, Martha L. Serrano-Serrano2, Oriane Loiseau2, Victor Rossier2, Jonathan Rolland2, Alexander Zizka1,3, Alexandre Antonelli1,3,6, Nicolas Salamin2 1 Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, 413 19 Gothenburg, Sweden 2 Department of Computational Biology, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland 3 Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Center, Gothenburg, Sweden 4 CONICET, Centro Nacional Patagonico, Boulevard Almirante Brown 2915, 9120 Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina. 5 Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Sede Trelew, Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia ‘San Juan Bosco’, 9100 Trelew, Chubut, Argentina. 6 Gothenburg Botanical Garden, Carl Skottsbergs gata 22A, 413 19 Gothenburg, Sweden * Equal contributions 1 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/178111; this version posted August 18, 2017. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. Abstract New World monkeys (parvorder Platyrrhini) are one of the most diverse groups of primates, occupying today a wide range of ecosystems in the American tropics and exhibiting large variations in ecology, morphology, and behavior. Although the relationships among the almost 200 living species are relatively well understood, we lack robust estimates of the timing of origin, the ancestral morphology, and the evolution of the distribution of the clade.
    [Show full text]