A New Assessment of Robust Capuchin Monkey (Sapajus) Evolutionary History Using Genome-Wide SNP Marker Data and a Bayesian Approach to Species …

AB Martins, MM Valença-Montenegro, MGM Lima… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Robust capuchin monkeys, Sapajus genus, are among the most phenotypically diverse and
widespread groups of primates in South America, with one of the most confusing and often …

Hidden in the Dark: A Review of Galagid Systematics and Phylogenetics

A Penna, L Pozzi - International Journal of Primatology, 2024 - Springer
An accurate representation of species diversity is critical in primatology; most of the
questions in evolutionary biology, ecology, and conservation hinge on species as a …

Taxonomy and systematics of the Neotropical primates: a review and update

AB Rylands, RA Mittermeier - Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The database of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group currently (December 2023)
registers 218 species and subspecies of Neotropical primates in 24 genera and five families …

Multiple facets of biodiversity are threatened by mining‐induced land‐use change in the Brazilian Amazon

TJ Lloyd, U Oliveira, BS Soares‐Filho… - Diversity and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Mining is increasingly pressuring areas of critical importance for biodiversity
conservation, such as the Brazilian Amazon. Biodiversity data are limited in the tropics …

Overcoming Challenges to Extracting and Sequencing Historical DNA to Support Primate Evolutionary Research and Conservation, with an Application to Galagos

A Penna, ME Blair, HL Lui, E Peters, L Kistler… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
The availability of genetic data from wild populations limits our understanding of primate
evolution and conservation, particularly for small nocturnal species such as lorisiforms …

Disproportion between the Peruvian Amazonian megadiverse mammalian fauna and the available molecular information

V Pacheco, J Martínez-Altamirano, JL Mena… - Zoologia …, 2024 - SciELO Brasil
Peru holds a high mammalian diversity in its Amazonian region, with 326 species. However,
our knowledge about the actual diversity is still considered incomplete, and the molecular …

Impact of Quaternary Amazonian river dynamics on the diversification of uakari monkeys (genus Cacajao)

FE Silva, LW Luna, R Batista, F Röhe… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The central and western Amazonia underwent several landscape changes during the
Quaternary. Whereas the Riverine Barrier Hypothesis is traditionally used to explain the …

Whole genomes of Amazonian uakari monkeys reveal complex connectivity and fast differentiation driven by high environmental dynamism

N Hermosilla-Albala, FE Silva… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Despite showing the greatest primate diversity on the planet, genomic studies on
Amazonian primates show very little representation in the literature. With 48 geolocalized …

One genus, four different stories: evolutionary history, bionomics and biogeography of the monotypic tribe Stenostomatini (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae)

R Poloni, MA Bologna, A Riccieri - Zoological Journal of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The false blister beetle tribe Stenostomatini includes only the genus Stenostoma, with four
species showing an intriguing distribution: Stenostoma lowei (Madeira), Stenostoma …

Primates of Brazilian Amazonia: Knowledge, Research Gaps, and Conservation Priorities

WR Spironello, AA Barnett, T Jucá, TV Sobroza… - … Current Knowledge and …, 2024 - Springer
Our aim is to provide an update about what we know and do not know about primates in
Brazilian Amazonia, as well as to highlight key threats and to identify research and …