Cebidae

[′seb·ə‚dē]

(vertebrate zoology)

The New World monkeys, a family of primates in the suborder Anthropoidea including the capuchins and howler monkeys.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Cebidae

(New World monkeys), a family of platyrrhine monkeys. The body length ranges from 24 to 91 cm. The tail is long and, in many species, prehensile. The fur is thick and varies in color. The teeth number 36. The family comprises 11 genera, including Aotus (douroucoulis), Alouatta (howling monkeys), Cebus (capuchin monkeys), Saimiri (squirrel monkeys), and Ateles (spider monkeys); there are 29 species. The Cebidae are distributed in Central and South America. They are arboreal, diurnal (except Aotus), and gregarious. The diet consists of plants, insects, birds, and bird eggs.

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and other primates of the family Cebidae, there is a concave medial surface (Mivart), like in Galago senegalensis (Stevens et al.), but in the latter it is present in the proximal third, which is similar to our finding in Saguinus leucopus, which is an important feature for the fixation of some carpal and digits flexors muscles required for locomotion in branches and tree trunks, as shown in the ulnas of Alouatta seniculus, Atelespaniscus and Cebus spp.

Anatomic Description of the Ulna of the White-Footed Tamarin (Saguinus leucopus Gunther, 1876)/ Descripcion Anatomica de la Ulna del Titi Gris (Saguinus leucopus Gunther, 1876)

La menor proporcion de estudios efectuados en monos del Nuevo Mundo (familias Callitrichidae, Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae y Atelidae) y estrepsirrinos (infraordenes Lemuriformes, Chiromyiformes y Lorisiformes) ofrece la oportunidad de someter a prueba las hipotesis propuestas, en modelos de organizacion social distintos a los que caracterizan a las especies empleadas en la mayoria de las investigaciones.

Resolucion de conflictos sociales en primates: 35 anos de investigacion

Cebidae Cebus albifrons Saguinus leucopus ORDEN CARNIVORA Fam, Can idae Cerdocyon tbous Fam, Felidae Leopardus pardalis Leopardus tigrinus Pantbera anca Puma concolor Fam.

Mamiferos de Caldas: un analisis de vacios de informacion

Cebidae Black-striped Capuchin Cebus Ubidinosus Spix, 1823 Fam.

Environmental perception and use of fauna from a Private Natural Heritage Reserve (RPPN) in Brazilian semiarid/Percepcao ambiental e usos da fauna de uma Reserva Particular do Patrimonio Natural (RPPN) no semiarido brasileiro

A new species of titi monkey, Callicebus Thomas, from north-eastern Brazil (Primates, Cebidae).

Population parameters of the endangered titi monkey, Callicebus coimbrai Kobayashi and Langguth, 1999, in the fragmented landscape of southern Sergipe, Brazil