Data are presented on adult body mass for 230 of 249 primate species, based on a review of
the literature and previously unpublished data. The issues involved in collecting data on …

In our study of bat diversity in the Amazon Basin, we captured bats in undisturbed
continuous forest and in forest fragments at the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments …

The modern taxonomy of the Infraorder Platyrrhini is deeply influenced by the numerous
publications of the late Philip Hershkovitz (1909–1997). This has meant that in many aspects …

We describe patterns of genotypic and phenotypic variation in saddle-back tamarin
(Saguinus fuscicollis) populations along the central and upper Rio Juruá, western Brazilian …

A fully resolved cladogram for 19 species in the Charis cleonus group of riodinid butterflies,
which have closely parapatric ranges throughout the Amazon basin, is used to derive an …

Abstract The New World primate family Callitrichidae includes seven genera of marmosets,
tamarins, lion tamarins and callimico. They are small, arboreal, diurnal …

The distributions of 51 non-human primate species are used for Parsimony Analysis of
Endemicity (PAE) to determine the relationships among 14 interfluvial regions in the …

The current taxonomy of the N ew W orld primates (P latyrrhini) indicates c. 152 species (ie
204 species and subspecies) in 20 genera and four or five families. For various reasons, the …

Primates are important indicators for tropical forests as a fundamental component in the
establishment of strategies for biodiversity conservation in biomes, regions and countries …

Marmosets (genus Callithrix) are a diverse group of platyrrhine primates with 13-15
purported taxa, many of them considered endangered. Morphological analyses constitute …