New World Primates: Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

by Kinzey,Warren

• ISBN13: 9780202011868
• ISBN10: 0202011860
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-02-01
• Publisher: Aldine De Gruyter

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Platyrrhines, Catarrhines, and the Fossil Record	p. 3
Brains of New World and Old World Monkeys	p. 25
Color Vision Polymorphisms in New World Monkeys: Implications for the Evolution of Primate Trichromacy	p. 45
Is Speech Special? Lessons from New World Primates	p. 75
Sex Differences in the Family Life of Cotton-Top Tamarins: Socioecological Validity in the Laboratory	p. 95
Subtle Cues of Social Relations in Male Muriqui Monkeys (Brachyteles arachnoides)	p. 109
The Influence of New World Mating and Rearing Systems on Theories about New World Primates	p. 119
Behavioral and Ecological Comparisons of Neotropical and Malagasy Primates	p. 127
The Human Niche in Amazonia: Explorations in Ethnoprimatology	p. 143
Classification of Living New World Monkeys	p. 169
Alouatta	p. 174
Aotus	p. 186
Ateles	p. 192
Brachyteles	p. 200
Cacajao	p. 208
Callicebus	p. 213
Callimico	p. 222
Callithrix	p. 230
Cebuella	p. 240
Cebus	p. 248
Chiropotes	p. 258
Lagothrix	p. 264
Leontopithecus	p. 272
Pithecia	p. 281
Saguinus	p. 289
Saimiri	p. 297
References	p. 325
Index	p. 431
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