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Scientific 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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Experimental Zika Virus Infection of Neotropical Primates. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2018 The establishment of a sylvatic reservoir of Zika virus (ZIKV) in the Americas is dependent on the susceptibility of primates of sufficient population density, the duration and magnitude of viremia, and their exposure to the human mosquito-borne transmission cycle.
Vanchiere JA +16 more
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Small but Nice–Seed Dispersal by Tamarins Compared to Large Neotropical Primates
Diversity, 2022 Tamarins, small Neotropical primates of the genera Saguinus and Leontocebus, have a mainly frugivorous-faunivorous diet. While consuming the pulp of a high diversity of fruit species, they also swallow seeds and void them intact, thus acting as seed ...
Eckhard W. Heymann +2 more
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Proximate causes of the red face of the bald uakari monkey (Cacajao calvus) [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2015 In social species, such as primates, facial appearances transmit a variety of social signals. Although it is suggested that the intense red colour of the face of the bald uakari monkey might be an indicator of health, this hypothesis still has not been ...
P. Mayor +5 more
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Pesquisa 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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Large-vertebrate assemblages of primary and secondary forests in the Brazilian Amazon. [PDF]
, 2007 Secondary forests account for 40% of all tropical forests yet little is known regarding their suitability as habitat for diurnal large mammals and game birds. This is especially so for second-growth that develops on large areas of degraded land.
Peres, Carlos A. +2 more
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Rates of agonism among female primates: a cross-taxon perspective [PDF]
, 2013 Agonism is common in group-living animals, shaping dominance relationships and ultimately impacting individual tness. Rates of agonism vary considerably among taxa, however, and explaining this variation has been central in ecological models of female ...
Koenig, Andreas +3 more
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International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2022 Toxoplasma gondii was isolated in mice from different tissues of a captive black-and-gold howler monkey (Alouatta caraya) kept in a colony at the Primatology Center of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, and it was genotypically characterized based on using ...
MRR Amendoeira +12 more
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Chromosome Evolution in New World Monkeys (Platyrrhini) [PDF]
, 2012 During the last decades, New World monkey (NWM, Platyrrhini, Anthropoideae) comparative cytogenetics has shed light on many fundamental aspects of genome organisation and evolution in this fascinating, but also highly endangered group of neotropical ...
Müller, Stefan +2 more
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Veterinaria Italiana, 2021 The Spix’s Saddleback Tamarin, Leontocebus fuscicollis is widely distributed across the Amazon region, but is endangered. This species is serving an important role in biomedical research in captivity.
Taianara Tocantins Gomes Almeida +6 more
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