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New World monkey |
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New World monkeyAny of some 100 species of monkeys (the platyrrhine [“flat-nosed”] monkeys) that inhabit tropical Central and South America. Platyrrhines have a broad nose, with a wide septum separating the outwardly directed nostrils, and relatively unopposable thumbs. Most species have a long tail, which in a few species is prehensile. They are divided by zoologists into five families: the marmosets and tamarins; the titis, sakis, and uakaris; the spider monkeys and woolly monkeys; the capuchin monkeys and squirrel monkeys; and the durukulis. See also Old World monkey. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Yoav Gilad of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, reported that Old World monkeys and apes tend to have significantly fewer functional olfactory genes than New World monkeys do. which endangers humans but not its host species, Human herpesvirus 1 can act as a "killer virus" when crossing the species barrier to New World monkeys. Its relative size is progresively larger in New World monkeys (such as squirrel monkeys), Old World monkeys (such as baboons), and finally great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, and humans). |
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