Platyrrhini
New World Monkeys
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Bauer, K. and A. Schreiber. 1997. Double invasion of Tertiary island South America by ancestral New World monkeys? Biological-Journal of the Linnean Society 60:1-20.
Canavez, F. C., M. A. M. Moreira, J. J. Ladasky, A. Pissinatti, P. Parham, and H. N. Seuanez. 1999 Molecular phylogeny of New World primates (Platyrrhini) based on beta(2)-microglobulin DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution 12:74-82.
Canavez, F. C., M. A. M. Moreira, F. Simon, P. Parham, and H. N. Seuanez. 1999. Phylogenetic relationships of the callitrichinae (Platyrrhini, primates) based on beta(2)-microglobulin DNA sequences. American Journal of Primatology 48:225-236.
Harada, M. L., H. Schneider, and Schneider, M. P. C. 1995. DNA evidence on the phylogenetic systematics of new world monkeys: Support for the sister-grouping of Cebus and Saimiri from two unlinked nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 4:331-349.
Horovitz, I. And R. D. E. MacPhee. 1999. The Quaternary Cuban platyrrhine Paralouatta varonai and the origin of Antillean monkeys. Journal of Human Evolution 36:33-68.
Horovitz, I. and A. Meyer. 1995. Systematics of New World monkeys (Platyrrhini, Primates) based on 16S mitochondrial DNA sequences: A comparative analysis of different weighting methods in cladistic analysis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 4:448-456.
Horovitz, I. and A. Meyer. 1997. Evolutionary trends in the ecology of New World monkeys inferred from a combined phylogenetic analysis of nuclear, mitochondrial, and morphological data. Pages 189-224 in Molecular Evolution and Adaptive Radiation (T. J. Givnish and K. J. Sytsma, eds.) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York.
Horovitz, I., R. Zardoya, and A. Meyer. 1998. Platyrrhine systematics: A simultaneous analysis of molecular and morphological data. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 106:261-281.
Hugot, J. P. 1998. Phylogeny of neotropical monkeys: The interplay of morphological, molecular, and parasitological data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 9:408-413.
Kinzey, W. G. (ed.) 1997. New World Primates: Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior. Papers from the 87th Meeting of the American Anthropological Association. Aldine de Gruyter, New York.
Moreira, M. A. M. and H. N. Seuanez. 1999. Mitochondrial pseudogenes and phyletic relationships of Cebuella and Callithrix (Platyrrhini, Primates). Primates 40:353-364.
Meireles, C. M., J. Czelusniak, M. P. C. Schneider, J. A. P. C. Muniz, M. C. Brigido, H. S. Ferreira, and M. Goodman. 1999. Molecular phylogeny of Ateline new world monkeys (Platyrrhini, Atelinae) based on gamma-globin gene sequences: Evidence that Brachyteles is the sister group of Lagothrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 12:10-30.
Opazo, J. C., D. E. Wildman, T. Prychitko, R. M. Johnson, and M. Goodman. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships and divergence times among New World monkeys (Platyrrhini, Primates). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40(1):274-280.
Porter, C. A., J. Czelusniak, H. Schneider, M. P. C. Schneider, I. Sampaio, and M. Goodman. 1997. Sequences of the primate epsilon-globin gene: implications for systematics of the marmosets and other New World primates. Gene 205:59-71.
Porter, C. A., J. Czelusniak, H. Schneider, M. P. C. Schneider, I. Sampaio, and M. Goodman. 1999. Sequences from the 5 ' flanking region of the epsilon-globin gene support the relationship of Callicebus with the Pitheciins. American Journal of Primatology 48:69-75.
Purvis, A. 1995. A composite estimate of primate phylogeny. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (Series B) 348:405-421.
Ray, D. A., J. Xing, D. J. Hedges, M. A. Hall, M. E. Laborde, B. A. Anders, B. R. White, N. Stoilova, J. D. Fowlkes, K. E. Landry, L. G. Chemnick, O. A. Ryder and M. A. Batzer. 2005. Alu insertion loci and platyrrhine primate phylogeny. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35(1):117-126.
Schneider, H., M. P. C. Schneider, I. Sampaio, M. L. Harada, M. Stanhope, J. Czelusniak, and M. Goodman. 1993. Molecular phylogeny of the new world monkeys (Platyrrhini, Primates). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 2:225-242.
Schneider, H., I. Sampaio, M. L. Harada, C. M. L. Barroso, M. P. C. Schneider, J. Czelusniak, and M. Goodman. 1996. Molecular phylogeny of the New World monkeys (Platyrrhini, Primates) based on two unlinked nuclear genes: IRBP intron 1 and epsilon-globin sequences. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 100:153-179.
Singer, S. S., J. Schmitz, C. Schwiegk, and H. Zischler. 2003. Molecular cladistic markers in New World monkey phylogeny (Platyrrhini, Primates). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 26(3):490-501.
Steiper, M. E. and M. Ruvolo. 2003. New world monkey phylogeny based on X-linked G6PD DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 27:121–130.
Van der Kuyl, A. C., C. L. Kuiken, J. T. Dekker, and J. Goudsmit. 1995. Phylogeny of African monkeys based upon mitochondrial 12S rRNA sequences. Journal of Molecular Evolution 40:173-180.
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Information on the Internet
- Proyecto Tití (Project Tamarin). Cotton-top Tamarin Conservation in Colombia.
- Golden Lion Tamarin Conservation Program.
- Squirrel Monkey Breeding and Research Resource. University of South Alabama.
- International Primate Sanctuary Panama. Primate Behavior and Ecology Program of Florida State University-Panama Canal College Branch.
- Gremlins: Faces in the Forest. Information on marmosets and tamarins. PBS Online: NATURE on the Web.
- Callitrichidae (Marmosets, Tamarins). The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Animal Diversity Web.
- Cebidae (Cebids, including Capuchin Monkeys, Howlers, Wooly Monkeys, Squirrel Monkeys, Night Monkeys, Titis, Uakaris, and others). The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Animal Diversity Web.
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Scientific Name | Callithrix penicillata |
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Location | Brazil |
Creator | Lloyd Glenn Ingles |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Source | Callithrix penicillata; Marmoset |
Source Collection | CalPhotos |
Copyright |
© 2001 California Academy of Sciences
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Scientific Name | Saimiri boliviensis |
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Location | captive |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Source | Saimiri boliviensis |
Source Collection | Flickr |
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Copyright | © 2007 Luciano Giussani |
Scientific Name | Ateles |
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Location | Panama |
Creator | Lloyd Glenn Ingles |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Source | Ateles sp.; Red Spider Monkey |
Source Collection | CalPhotos |
Copyright |
© 2001 California Academy of Sciences
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