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  New World monkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The New World monkeys are the four families of primates that are found in Central and South America: the Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae and Atelidae.
All New World monkeys differ slightly from Old World monkeys in many aspects, but the most prominent of which is the nose.
The scientific name for New world monkey, Platyrrhini, means "flat nosed", therefore the noses are flatter, with side facing nostrils, compared to the narrow noses of the Old World monkey.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_World_monkey   (249 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - monkey : New World Monkeys (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia
The New World monkeys are found from S Mexico to central South America, except in the high mountains, and are classified into two families (Callatrichids and Cebids).
The New World monkeys include the marmosets and tamarins, small monkeys with claws that are classified in a family of their own, the Callithricidae.
Smaller forms with nonprehensile tails are the squirrel monkey and titi, the nocturnal douroucouli, or owl monkey, the saki, and the ouakari.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/monkey-new-world-monkeys.html   (310 words)

  
 Monkey - Simple English Wikipedia
Some monkeys are very small, about 10 cm long and 120 g in weight, while other monkeys can be very big, about 1 metre long and 35 kg in weight.
New World Monkeys live in America and Old World monkey live in Europe and Asia.
A group of monkeys is called a "mission" of monkeys or a "tribe" of monkeys.
simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Monkey   (219 words)

  
 Digimorph - Callicebus torquatus (collared titi monkey)
Their presence in the New World is generally considered to be the result of a single dispersal event (Fleagle, 1999) near the end of the Eocene from the Old World, where all known basal anthropoids are found (Beard, 2002).
Once in the New World, platyrrhines diverged into a variety of forms ranging in size from the smallest living anthropoid (Cebuella) at ~110 grams to the howler monkeys (Alouatta) that reach 11 kg (Fleagle, 1999).
New specimens of the oldest fossil platyrrhine, Branisella boliviana, from Salla, Bolivia.
www.digimorph.org /specimens/Callicebus_torquatus   (640 words)

  
 Mammal Directory: New World Monkeys   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The monkeys in the New World are believed to have originated from an ancestral stock which arrived in South America from Africa during the Oligocene epoch, some 37 million years ago.
All New World monkeys are arboreal and spend their lives in the forest canopy though some species will come to the ground to forage for fallen fruits.
New World monkeys are known as platyrrhines or flat-nosed monkeys because of their relatively broad nasal septum in comparison to Old World monkeys and the vertical orientation of their nostrils.
www.csam.montclair.edu /ceterms/mammals/newworldmonkeys.html   (619 words)

  
 San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Monkey
Monkeys at the San Diego Zoo and the Wild Animal Park are offered a variety of fruits and vegetables, special herbivore biscuits, and a variety of leafy branches to munch on.
Monkeys are very social animals, so it is important that they communicate well in order to get along in their large groups.
Monkeys are often considered pests by farmers and are killed.
www.sandiegozoo.org /animalbytes/t-monkey.html   (1280 words)

  
 Squirrel monkey: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The squirrel monkeys are the New World monkey (New World monkey: Hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails) s of the genus Saimiri.
Squirrel monkeys live in the tropical forests of Central (Central: A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication) and South America (South America: A continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama).
Unlike the other New World monkeys, their tail is not used for climbing, but as a kind of "balancing pole" and also as a tool.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/squirrel_monkey   (505 words)

  
 Untitled Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
New phylogenetic analyses ally Cebus-Saimiri with the owl monkeys, Aotus, as the sister group to the Callitrichidae, the marmosets and tamarins.
At present, I am working on an integration of the evidence for the evolutionary patterns in the New World Monkeys in light of the most recent molecular phylogeny of this group.
As an outgrowth of my interest in New World Monkey Phylogenetics, I am using nuclear and mitochondrial genetic markers to study the relationships of Cebus and Saimiri in order to reconstruct biogeographic patterns of their dispersal across Central and South America.
www.wsu.edu /~jwalfaro/research/newworldphylogeny.html   (212 words)

  
 Monkey Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
Monkeys are primates (an order of intelligent mammals that also includes apes and people).
Monkeys' main predators are eagles, hawks, and humans.
Monkeys are divided into two groups, Old World monkeys (from Africa, Asia, and Europe) and New World monkeys (from the Americas).
www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/mammals/monkey/Monkeyprintout.shtml   (256 words)

  
 San Francisco Zoo | Animals | Black Howler Monkey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Howlers are among the largest of the New World monkeys, and while this genus eats more leaves than any other New World monkey, it does not have a specialized stomach.
Black howler monkeys are found in the tall streamside forests of eastern Bolivia, northeastern Argentina, Paraguay and southern Brazil.
Howler monkeys are found in groups of 3 to 19, and include 1 to 3 adult males and 2 to 7 adult females.
www.sfzoo.org /cgi-bin/animals.py?ID=41   (610 words)

  
 ScienceDaily: New Monkey Discovered In Northeastern India
Although the monkey is new to science, the animal is well known to the residents of the Himalayan districts of Tawang and West Kameng, where the species occurs.
Monkey -- A monkey is any member of two of the three groupings of simian primates.
Howler monkey -- The howler monkeys are among the largest of the New World monkeys.
www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2004/12/041219180900.htm   (1815 words)

  
 Squirrel Monkey
A small-sized New World monkey with wide distribution throughout the tropical forest regions of South and Central America.
Squirrel monkeys rub urine on themselves, which in turn rubs off on branches and foliage thereby marking their territory.
Zoo diet is 2 monkey chow biscuits each in the morning, and chopped mixed fruits in the afternoon and anything else that they can catch.
www.hilozoo.com /animals/AP_sq_monkey.htm   (359 words)

  
 Mantled Howling Monkey Interactions With Birds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Significant results are presented for mantled howling monkeys behavior (howling, moving, feeding, resting) and presence and absence of birds of prey and songbirds.
For the New World, Fontaine (1980) presented a foraging association of double-toothed kites (Harpagus bidentatus) and white-faced capuchin monkeys (Cebus capuchinus) on Barro Colorado Island in Panama (see Warkentin 1993 for sharp-shinned hawks Accipiter striatus and white-faced Capuchins for the Tivivies Forest Reserve in Costa Rica).
However, relations between howling monkeys and birds are not described, except for Young (1982) on howler monkeys and turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) encounters, and one single observation by Fontaine (1988) of a kite following a rapidly moving troop of howlers.
www.lasuerte.org /omehowlbirds.htm   (2027 words)

  
 The Primates: New World Monkeys
New World monkeys are limited to tropical forest environments of southern Mexico, Central, and South America.
Social group size varies from that of the squirrel monkey, which lives in troops of up to 500 individuals, to that of the owl monkey, which lives in small nuclear family groups.
Unlike the prosimians, most monkeys and all apes are diurnal.
anthro.palomar.edu /primate/prim_5.htm   (715 words)

  
 Blockade of HIV-1 Infection of New World Monkey Cells Occurs Primarily at the Stage of Virus Entry -- LaBonte et al. ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Susceptibility of New World Monkey PBMCs to HIV-1 Infection.
The CCR5 molecules of the New World monkeys (GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ
Immunologic and pathologic manifestations of the infection of rhesus monkeys with simian immunodeficiency virus of macaques.
www.jem.org /cgi/content/full/196/4/431   (8002 words)

  
 monkey
Unlike the apes, most cannot swing arm-over-arm (the spider monkey is an exception) but move about in trees by running along the branches on all fours; their skeletal structure is similar to that of other four-footed animals.
monkey: Old World Monkeys - Old World Monkeys The Old World monkeys are found in S Asia, with a few species as far N as Japan...
monkey: New World Monkeys - New World Monkeys The New World monkeys are found from S Mexico to central South America, except in...
www.factmonster.com /ce6/sci/A0833731.html   (305 words)

  
 Monkeys
Monkeys are probably among of the most popular and interesting animals in the world.
New world monkeys are distinguished from the old world monkeys of Africa and Asia by certain features of appearance and size.
Monkeys range in size from the Pygmy Marmoset to the Muriqui monkeys of Brazil.
www.monkeys-monkeys.com   (290 words)

  
 The New World Monkeys
New world monkeys' nostrils have a wide septum and they face outward.
New world monkeys are small-to-medium, up to 10 kg.
Taxonomy: 5 genera: Aotus (night monkey), callicebus (titi), pithecia, chiropotes, and cacajao (uakari), which may be the ugliest new world monkey.
www-personal.umich.edu /~phyl/anthro/platy.html   (724 words)

  
 The Evolution of Trichromatic Color Vision by Opsin Gene Duplication in New World and Old World Primates -- Dulai et ...
Figure 5 Nucloetide sequence of the upstream region of the X-linked opsin genes in the howler monkey, aligned with the equivalent region of the marmoset gene.
Identity of howler sequence 2 and marmoset to howler sequence 1 is indicated by a dot.
The howler monkey is unique among New World primates in possessing separate MW and LW genes.
www.genome.org /cgi/content/full/9/7/629   (5229 words)

  
 New Scientist Breaking News - New monkey species discovered in Africa
A new monkey species has been found in the highland forests of Tanzania.
The monkey was discovered almost simultaneously by two research teams on separate mountain ranges and is the first new African monkey to be found in more than 20 years.
The new monkey is a bit larger than a baboon, with long cheek whiskers and a tall crest of stiff, upright hair atop its head.
www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn7399   (420 words)

  
 The Capuchin Monkey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Capuchin monkey is brown or fl with white or beige hair on its face.
The Old World monkeys' noses have nostrils that are close together and point down.
These monkeys are tree-dwellers, which means they live in trees and do not go to the ground except to get a drink of water or find specific foods.
www.fcps.k12.va.us /OakViewES/smith/95-96/research/capuchin.html   (888 words)

  
 Spider Monkey - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Spider Monkey, any of four species of small New World monkeys characterized by their long, slender limbs and great agility.
Capuchin Monkey, any of four species of monkey familiar as the “organ-grinder” monkey.
Zoologists classify monkeys into three distinct families: marmosets, Capuchin-like monkeys, and Old World monkeys.
encarta.msn.com /Spider_Monkey.html   (139 words)

  
 New World Monkey Sounds
Spider monkeys are relative quiet on the ground.
Cesar, an old man who lives on the Choba River, talks about titi monkeys (Callicebus cupreus), small primates that commonly live along the forest edge and amid the secondary vegetation around Matsés villages.
Known to the Matsés as üade pju, titis are remarkable for their prolonged duets at dawn and dusk, an imitation of which is effectively rendered by Cesar.
www.junglewalk.com /sound/New-World-Monkeys-sounds.htm   (146 words)

  
 Black Howler Monkey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The six species of howler monkeys are among the largest of the American or New World monkeys.
Howler Monkeys are inhabitants of New World rain forests.
In Black Howler Monkeys, sexual maturity is achieved at five years by males, and at 3-4 years by females.
www.honoluluzoo.org /howler_monkey.htm   (373 words)

  
 Monkey Maddness Bulletin Board   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It should be introduced to babies in their bottles and also fed, small pieces, as soon as they go into a play pen or small cage.
If you contact your nearest farm and feed store they may be able to order you some monkey chow, as in which case I had to do.
If you soak the monkey chow in a small amount of fruit juice it will help the smaller ones in their feeding ability.
www.monkeymaddness.com /bbm/bbm943.htm   (424 words)

  
 Sense of Taste in a New World Monkey, the Common Marmoset: Recordings From the Chorda Tympani and Glossopharyngeal ...
Sense of Taste in a New World Monkey, the Common Marmoset: Recordings From the Chorda Tympani and Glossopharyngeal Nerves -- Danilova et al.
Sense of Taste in a New World Monkey, the Common Marmoset: Recordings From the Chorda Tympani and Glossopharyngeal Nerves.
Brouwer JN, Hellekant G, Kasahara Y, van der Wel H, and Zotterman Y. Electrophysiological study of the gustatory effects of the sweet proteins monellin and thaumatin in monkey, guinea pig and rat.
jn.physiology.org /cgi/content/full/88/2/579   (6312 words)

  
 Monkey Maddness Bulletin Board
Monkeys waste a lot of food if excess is given and may overindulge which can lead to bloating.
New World Monkey Chow can be soaked in Marmoset jelly or fruit juice.
It is OK to give the monkey one human children's vitamin tablet 2-3 X a week.
www.monkeymaddness.com /bbm/bbm997.htm   (416 words)

  
 ScienceDaily: New Species Of Monkey Discovered In Tanzania: The First In Africa For More Than 20 Years
The monkeys occur as high as 8,000 ft (2450 m) where temperatures frequently drop below freezing; its long coat is probably an adaptation to the cold.
New Monkey Discovered In Northeastern India (December 28, 2004) -- A species of monkey previously unknown to science has been discovered in the remote northeastern region of India, according to the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).
Fully revised and updated, this new edition of 'Aphid's on the World's Crops' is the only publication to provide non-specialist workers wherever they are in the world, with an identification guide...
www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2005/05/050523152810.htm   (2099 words)

  
 Glossary of Terms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Molt: Periodic shedding of outer skin in reptiles or feathers in birds, which are then replaced by new growth.
New World: The Western hemisphere; specifically the continents of North and South America.
Prehensile: Adapted for grasping or seizing, such as a monkey's tail or a fl rhino's lip.
www.honoluluzoo.org /Glossary.htm   (562 words)

  
 Monkey Picture
A monkey picture of babies can be viewed on a picture site that features exotic animals.
Spider monkeys, capuchins, squirrel monkeys, owl and wooly monkeys are some of the new world monkey's representatives.
Keeping album stamp US is very popular nowadays, people create websites about their hobby and place new stamps in a scrap book order.
www.gotpetsonline.com /monkey/monkey-picture/monkey-picture.html   (203 words)

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