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Atelinae
The Atelinae are a subfamily of New World monkeys in the family Atelidae, and includes the various spider and woolly monkeys. The primary distinguishing feature of the atelines is their long prehensile tails, which can support their entire body weight. Atelines live on the American continent from southern Mexico through central Brazil and Bolivia. Diurnal and arboreal, they move speedily and acrobatically through the trees using their tails. Atelines, along with the related howler monkeys, are the largest of the New World monkeys. They live in groups, show amicable intergroup relations, and can coalesce into large aggregations for extended periods of time. Atelines are frugivore-folivores, their diet consisting primarily of fruits, seeds and leaves, with ''Ateles'' being the most frugivorous, fruits comprising over 80% of their diet. Those species relying most heavily on patchily distributed fruit trees have the largest ranges. These animals are characterized by a slow reproduct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atelinae
The Atelinae are a subfamily of New World monkeys in the family Atelidae, and includes the various spider and woolly monkeys. The primary distinguishing feature of the atelines is their long prehensile tails, which can support their entire body weight. Atelines live on the American continent from southern Mexico through central Brazil and Bolivia. Diurnal and arboreal, they move speedily and acrobatically through the trees using their tails. Atelines, along with the related howler monkeys, are the largest of the New World monkeys. They live in groups, show amicable intergroup relations, and can coalesce into large aggregations for extended periods of time. Atelines are frugivore-folivores, their diet consisting primarily of fruits, seeds and leaves, with ''Ateles'' being the most frugivorous, fruits comprising over 80% of their diet. Those species relying most heavily on patchily distributed fruit trees have the largest ranges. These animals are characterized by a slow reproduct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solimoea Acrensis
''Solimoea acrensis'' is a prehistoric ateline monkey from the Late Miocene Solimões Formation of Brazil. It is the only known species of the genus ''Solimoea''. Discovery and naming Despite the abundance of primates in modern-day Amazonia, the fossil record of these animals is rather poor with only few specimens having been described from Miocene South America prior to 2006. During a joint expedition between the Universidade Federal do Acre and the University of Rondônia further primate remains where recovered and later described by Richard Kay and Mario Alberto Cozzuol. These remains include the holotype UFAC-LPP 5177, an isolated lower left first molar, and UFAC-LPP 5178, a maxillary fragment containing the 3rd and 4th premolar. Although they represent different parts of the dentition, they are referred to the same species for a series of reasons. Both specimens were found in the same locality and share certain morphological features including the moderately developed shear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider Monkey
Spider monkeys are New World monkeys belonging to the genus ''Ateles'', part of the subfamily Atelinae, family Atelidae. Like other atelines, they are found in tropical forests of Central and South America, from southern Mexico to Brazil. The genus consistes of seven species, all of which are under threat; the brown spider monkey is critically endangered. They are also notable for their ability to be easily bred in captivity. Disproportionately long limbs and long prehensile tails make them one of the largest New World monkeys and give rise to their common name. Spider monkeys live in the upper layers of the rainforest, and forage in the high canopy, from . They primarily eat fruits, but will also occasionally consume leaves, flowers, and insects. Due to their large size, spider monkeys require large tracts of moist evergreen forests, and prefer undisturbed primary rainforest. They are social animals and live in bands of up to 35 individuals, but will split up to forage during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solimoea
''Solimoea acrensis'' is a prehistoric ateline monkey from the Late Miocene Solimões Formation of Brazil. It is the only known species of the genus ''Solimoea''. Discovery and naming Despite the abundance of primates in modern-day Amazonia, the fossil record of these animals is rather poor with only few specimens having been described from Miocene South America prior to 2006. During a joint expedition between the Universidade Federal do Acre and the University of Rondônia further primate remains where recovered and later described by Richard Kay and Mario Alberto Cozzuol. These remains include the holotype UFAC-LPP 5177, an isolated lower left first molar, and UFAC-LPP 5178, a maxillary fragment containing the 3rd and 4th premolar. Although they represent different parts of the dentition, they are referred to the same species for a series of reasons. Both specimens were found in the same locality and share certain morphological features including the moderately developed shear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spider Monkey
Spider monkeys are New World monkeys belonging to the genus ''Ateles'', part of the subfamily Atelinae, family Atelidae. Like other atelines, they are found in tropical forests of Central and South America, from southern Mexico to Brazil. The genus consistes of seven species, all of which are under threat; the brown spider monkey is critically endangered. They are also notable for their ability to be easily bred in captivity. Disproportionately long limbs and long prehensile tails make them one of the largest New World monkeys and give rise to their common name. Spider monkeys live in the upper layers of the rainforest, and forage in the high canopy, from . They primarily eat fruits, but will also occasionally consume leaves, flowers, and insects. Due to their large size, spider monkeys require large tracts of moist evergreen forests, and prefer undisturbed primary rainforest. They are social animals and live in bands of up to 35 individuals, but will split up to forage during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atelidae
The Atelidae are one of the five families of New World monkeys now recognised. It was formerly included in the family Cebidae. Atelids are generally larger monkeys; the family includes the howler, spider, woolly, and woolly spider monkeys (the latter being the largest of the New World monkeys). They are found throughout the forested regions of Central and South America, from Mexico to northern Argentina. Characteristics The Atelidae family consists of monkeys that are small to moderate in size, usually 34 to 72 cm in head-body length, with the howler monkeys being the largest members of the group, and the spider monkeys being the smallest. They have long prehensile tails with a sensitive, almost hairless, tactile pad on the underside of the distal part. The tail is frequently used as 'fifth limb' while moving through the trees where they make their homes. They also have nails on their fingers and toes, enabling them to climb. Most species have predominantly dark brown, g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New World Monkey
New World monkeys are the five families of primates that are found in the tropical regions of Mexico, Central and South America: Callitrichidae, Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae, and Atelidae. The five families are ranked together as the Ceboidea (), the only extant superfamily in the parvorder Platyrrhini (). Platyrrhini is derived from the Greek for "broad nosed", and their noses are flatter than those of other simians, with sideways-facing nostrils. Monkeys in the family Atelidae, such as the spider monkey, are the only primates to have prehensile tails. New World monkeys' closest relatives are the other simians, the Catarrhini ("down-nosed"), comprising Old World monkeys and apes. New World monkeys descend from African simians that colonized South America, a line that split off about 40 million years ago. Evolutionary history About 40 million years ago, the Simiiformes infraorder split into the parvorders Platyrrhini (New World monkeys) and Catarrhini (apes and Old World mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protopithecus Brasiliensis
''Protopithecus'' is an extinct genus of large New World monkey that lived during the Pleistocene. Fossils have been found in the Toca da Boa Vista cave of Brazil, as well as other locales in the country. Fossils of another large, but less robust ateline monkey, ''Caipora'', were also discovered in Toca da Boa Vista. History Fossils of primates from the New World were unknown for many years despite the large quantities of megafauna fossils that had been found by Europeans since the 1700s. In July 1836, a left proximal femur ( UZM 1623) and a right distal humerus (UZM 3530) were collected by Danish paleontologist Peter Wilhelm Lund, who is commonly hailed as the founder of Brazilian paleontology, from the limestone cave of Lapo de Periperi. Lapo de Periperi is part of the cave networks of Lagoa Santa, Brazil that bear many fossils dating to the Late Pleistocene - Early Holocene. The humerus and femur were both found in the same cavern but not the exact same site, however they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caipora (mammal)
''Caipora'' is an extinct genus of large New World monkey that lived during the Pleistocene. It contains a single species, ''Caipora bambuiorum''. Fossils have been found only in Brazil's Toca da Boa Vista cave, alongside the larger ''Protopithecus''. The presence of these two large arboreal monkeys in Bahia suggests that the region may have supported a dense forest during the Late Pleistocene. Taxonomy ''Caipora bambuiorum'' is known from an almost complete skeleton of a late-stage subadult individual discovered in the Toca da Boa Vista cave in 1992, by the spelaeological team Grupo Bambui de Pesquisas Espeleologicas. Its generic name is derived from caipora, a figure in Brazilian folklore, while the specific name was given in honour of the Grupo Bambui. Description ''Caipora'' was a large-bodied monkey: despite the subadult age of the type specimen, its postcranial skeleton is more robust than any living New World monkey, but not as robust as ''Protopithecus'', and the individ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caipora Bambuiorum
''Caipora'' is an extinct genus of large New World monkey that lived during the Pleistocene. It contains a single species, ''Caipora bambuiorum''. Fossils have been found only in Brazil's Toca da Boa Vista cave, alongside the larger ''Protopithecus''. The presence of these two large arboreal monkeys in Bahia suggests that the region may have supported a dense forest during the Late Pleistocene. Taxonomy ''Caipora bambuiorum'' is known from an almost complete skeleton of a late-stage subadult individual discovered in the Toca da Boa Vista cave in 1992, by the spelaeological team Grupo Bambui de Pesquisas Espeleologicas. Its generic name is derived from caipora, a figure in Brazilian folklore, while the specific name was given in honour of the Grupo Bambui. Description ''Caipora'' was a large-bodied monkey: despite the subadult age of the type specimen, its postcranial skeleton is more robust than any living New World monkey, but not as robust as ''Protopithecus'', and the individ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lagothrix
The woolly monkeys are the genus ''Lagothrix'' of New World monkeys, usually placed in the family Atelidae. Both species in this genus originate from the rainforests of South America. They have prehensile tails and live in relatively large social groups. Taxonomy The following 2 species and 5 subspecies are currently considered to be within the genus: *Yellow-tailed woolly monkey, ''L. flavicauda'' (formerly placed in genus ''Oreonax'') * Common woolly monkey, ''L. lagothricha'' ** Gray woolly monkey, ''L. l. cana'' **Brown woolly monkey, ''L. l. lagothricha'' ** Colombian woolly monkey, ''L. l. lugens'' ** Silvery woolly monkey, ''L. l. poeppigii'' ** Peruvian woolly monkey, ''L. l. tschudii'' Description Woolly monkeys are closely related to spider monkeys. They have a thick brown coat with dark gray appendages. The stomach area is black and heads are light brown. The fur color is the same for both males and females. Variation in color exist among subspecies. A prehensile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protopithecus
''Protopithecus'' is an extinct genus of large New World monkey that lived during the Pleistocene. Fossils have been found in the Toca da Boa Vista cave of Brazil, as well as other locales in the country. Fossils of another large, but less robust ateline monkey, ''Caipora'', were also discovered in Toca da Boa Vista. History Fossils of primates from the New World were unknown for many years despite the large quantities of megafauna fossils that had been found by Europeans since the 1700s. In July 1836, a left proximal femur ( UZM 1623) and a right distal humerus (UZM 3530) were collected by Danish paleontologist Peter Wilhelm Lund, who is commonly hailed as the founder of Brazilian paleontology, from the limestone cave of Lapo de Periperi. Lapo de Periperi is part of the cave networks of Lagoa Santa, Brazil that bear many fossils dating to the Late Pleistocene - Early Holocene. The humerus and femur were both found in the same cavern but not the exact same site, however they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
