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Molecular detection and phylogenetic analysis of Trypanosoma spp. in Neotropical primates from Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

open access: yesPesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2022
: Trypanosoma spp. infection is a problem in many tropical countries, infecting several animal species, including humans. The aim of the present study was to identify the Trypanosoma species in Neotropical primates from Rio de Janeiro state and compare ...
Andresa Guimarães   +10 more
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Capuchin Monkeys Alternate Play and Reward in a Dual Computerized Task [PDF]

open access: yesAnimal Behavior and Cognition, 2015
Many animals cooperate with one another to achieve outcomes that they could not obtain on their own. One form of cooperation that has received much attention but little empirical support from experimental studies is reciprocity, leaving open the question
Audrey E. Parrish   +2 more
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Hematological profile of captive bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) from Northeastern Brazil

open access: yesCiência Rural, 2018
: Bearded Capuchin or Black-striped Capuchin monkeys (Sapajus lidibinosus) are New World robust capuchin monkeys widely used in medical research.
Adriano Fernandes Ferreira   +6 more
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Revisiting Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus capucinus) and the Ancient Maya

open access: yesRevue de Primatologie, 2014
Two genera of nonhuman primates, howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata and A. pigra) and spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) currently reside throughout the area inhabited by the modern Maya. Michael Coe (1978, 1989) suggested that the Classic Maya (A.D.
Mary Baker
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Utilisation des sécrétions de myriapodes chez les lémurs et les sapajous : fonction curative ou signalisation sociale ?

open access: yesRevue de Primatologie, 2011
Body-rubbing with millipedes is repeatedly documented in primates living under natural conditions, mainly in capuchin monkeys (Cebus spp.). Various functional (zoopharmacognosy, ingestion, social) and non-functional hypotheses (sensory, auto stimulation)
Bruno Simmen, Laurent Tarnaud
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‘Tail-dipping’ to drink from an open water source in Cebus imitator (Primates: Cebidae) in a protected area of Costa Rica

open access: yesMammalogy Notes, 2022
Primate species demonstrate high levels of intelligence, innovation, and social learning. These characteristics give rise to a high likelihood of new behaviours occurring and being socially transmitted to other individuals within a group.
Sophie Collier, Roger Auster
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Stone tools differences across three capuchin monkey populations: food’s physical properties, ecology, and culture

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Robust capuchin monkeys (Sapajus) are known for processing mechanically challenging foods, having morphological adaptations to do so. However, several populations go beyond body limitations by using stone tools to expand their food range.
Tiago Falótico   +3 more
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Monkeys Wait to Begin a Computer Task when Waiting Makes Their Responses More Effective [PDF]

open access: yesAnimal Behavior and Cognition, 2014
Rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) and capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) performed a computerized inhibitory control task modeled after an “escalating interest task” from a recent human study (Young, Webb, & Jacobs, 2011).
Theodore A. Evans, Michael J. Beran
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Promise and limitations of 18S genetic screening of extracted fecal DNA from wild capuchins

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Genomic screening of fecal DNA provides insight into diet, parasite infection dynamics, and other aspects of the ecology and pathogens of wild populations.
Swellan Luciann Pinto   +19 more
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Same/different concept learning by capuchin monkeys in matching-to-sample tasks.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2011
The ability to understand similarities and analogies is a fundamental aspect of human advanced cognition. Although subject of considerable research in comparative cognition, the extent to which nonhuman species are capable of analogical reasoning is ...
Valentina Truppa   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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