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Building Babies - Chapter 16 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In contrast to birds, male mammals rarely help to raise the offspring. Of all mammals, only among rodents, carnivores, and primates, males are sometimes intensively engaged in providing infant care (Kleiman and Malcolm 1981).
A Fuentes   +150 more
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Rates of agonism among female primates: a cross-taxon perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 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 ...
Altmann   +131 more
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Hematological and biochemical parameters of Spix's Saddleback Tamarin (Leontocebus fuscicollis) raised in captivity

open access: yesVeterinaria 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
doaj   +1 more source

Sexual dimorphism in the loud calls of Azara’s owl monkeys (Aotus azarae): evidence of sexual selection? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Primates use different types of vocalizations in a variety of contexts. Some of the most studied types have been the long distance or loud calls. These vocalizations have been associated with mate defense, mate attraction, and resource defense, and it ...
Adret, Patrice   +5 more
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Nutritional and health status of woolly monkeys [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha and L. flavicauda) are threatened species in the wild and in captivity. Numerous zoological institutions have historically kept Lagothrix lagotricha spp., but only a few of them have succeeded in breeding populations.
Ange-van Heugten, K.D.   +3 more
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Fruit scent and observer colour vision shape food-selection strategies in wild capuchin monkeys [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The senses play critical roles in helping animals evaluate foods, including fruits that can change both in colour and scent during ripening to attract frugivores.
Endo, Mizuki   +9 more
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Novel hemotropic mycoplasmas are widespread and genetically diverse in vampire bats [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Bats (Order: Chiroptera) have been widely studied as reservoir hosts for viruses of concern for human and animal health. However, whether bats are equally competent hosts of non-viral pathogens such as bacteria remains an important open question. Here,
Altizer, S.M.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Pinworms of the red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus) in Colombia. Gathering the pieces of the pinworm-primate puzzle [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Pinworms of primates are believed to be highly host specific parasites, forming co-evolutionary associations with their hosts. In order to assess the strength and reach of such evolutionary links, we need to have a broad understanding of the pinworm ...
Ospina, A. L.   +3 more
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Neotropical primate evolution and phylogenetic reconstruction using chromosomal data

open access: yesThe European Zoological Journal, 2017
Platyrrhini are a group of Neotropical primates living in central and south America, and have been extensively studied through morphological and molecular data in order to shed light on their phylogeny and evolution.
F. Dumas, S. Mazzoleni
doaj   +1 more source

Lessons from a Multilaboratorial Task Force for Diagnosis of a Fatal Toxoplasmosis Outbreak in Captive Primates in Brazil

open access: yesMicroorganisms, 2023
Toxoplasmosis is an important zoonotic disease caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii and is especially fatal for neotropical primates. In Brazil, the Ministry of Health is responsible for national epizootic surveillance, but some diseases are still ...
Francine Bittencourt Schiffler   +32 more
doaj   +1 more source

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