Taxonomy and Distributions of Mesoamerican Primates

Rylands, Anthony B.; Groves, Colin P.; Mittermeier, Russell A.; Cortés‐Ortiz, Liliana; Hines, Justin J.H.

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“…Whether Ateles fusciceps rufiventris (this study) is a subspecies of Ateles geoffroyi or a separate species is debatable (for discussion, see Rylands et al, 2006]. Nevertheless, Laska [1996] reported a population-level left hand bias in A. geoffroyi on a series of unimanual tasks in a larger sample of 13 monkeys.…”

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Precise digit use increases the expression of handedness in Colombian spider monkeys (Ateles fusciceps rufiventris)

Nelson

Boeving

2015

American J Primatol

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Decades of research on the hand use patterns of nonhuman primates can be aptly summarized by the following phrase: measurement matters. There is a general consensus that simple reaching is a poor indicator of handedness in most species, while tasks that constrain how the hands are used elicit individual, and in some cases, population-level biases. The TUBE task has become a popular measure of handedness, although there is variability in its administration across studies. The goal of this study was to investigate whether TUBE performance is affected by tube diameter, with the hypothesis that decreasing tube diameter would increase task complexity, and therefore the expression of handedness. We predicted that hand preference strength, but not direction, would be affected by tube diameter. We administered the TUBE task using a 1.3 cm tube to Colombian spider monkeys, and compared their performance to a previous study using a larger 2.5 cm diameter tube. Hand preference strength increased significantly on the smaller diameter tube. Hand preference direction was not affected. Notably, spider monkeys performed the TUBE task using a single digit, despite the longstanding view that this species has poor dexterity. We encourage investigators who use the TUBE task to carefully consider the diameter of the tube used in testing, and to report digit use consistently across studies. In addition, we recommend that researchers who cannot use the TUBE task try to incorporate the key features from this task into their own species appropriate measures: bimanual coordination and precise digit use.

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Precise digit use increases the expression of handedness in Colombian spider monkeys (Ateles fusciceps rufiventris)

Nelson

Boeving

2015

American J Primatol

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“…Historically, A. g. vellerosus had a broad geographic distribution in Mexico, ranging from southern Tamaulipas and through northern Central America. The other subspecies, A. g. yucatanensis, is endemic to the Yucatan peninsula (Rylands et al, 2006) and it is classified as Endangered in the IUCN Red List (IUCN, 2012) Habitat loss and fragmentation are important pressures upon the conservation of spider monkey populations throughout their distribution in the Neotropics (Di Fiore and Campbell, 2007). Spider monkeys are also among the most frequently hunted monkeys for their meat and for the pet trade (Duarte-Quiroga and Estrada, 2003;Rylands et al, 2006;Ramos-Fernández and Wallace, 2008).…”

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“…The other subspecies, A. g. yucatanensis, is endemic to the Yucatan peninsula (Rylands et al, 2006) and it is classified as Endangered in the IUCN Red List (IUCN, 2012) Habitat loss and fragmentation are important pressures upon the conservation of spider monkey populations throughout their distribution in the Neotropics (Di Fiore and Campbell, 2007). Spider monkeys are also among the most frequently hunted monkeys for their meat and for the pet trade (Duarte-Quiroga and Estrada, 2003;Rylands et al, 2006;Ramos-Fernández and Wallace, 2008). A long inter-birth interval in spider monkeys increases extinction risk by impeding rapid population recovery in areas of high hunting pressure, habitat loss, and habitat fragmentation (Strier, 2007;RamosFernández and Wallace, 2008).…”

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Selectivity in feeding preferences and ranging patterns in spider monkeys Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis of northeastern Yucatan peninsula, Mexico

Scherbaum

Estrada

2013

Current Zoology

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The spider monkey, a fruit specialist and important seed dispersal agent in the Neotropics, is an endangered primate due to habitat loss, hunting and the pet trade. Spider monkeys have been the subject of a few studies in Central and South America, but little is known about the diet and ranging for this primate in southern Mexico. Here we report the results of a six-month long study (October 2010 to March 2011) of the feeding preferences and ranging patterns of the Yucatan spider monkey Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis living in the "Ya´ax´che" reserve by the Caribbean coast in northeast Yucatan peninsula. Focal animal and scan sampling as well as GPS tracking were used to document spider monkey feeding behavior, location of food trees and ranging in the reserve. The spider monkeys used 36 species of plants (94% trees; n = 432) and six non tree morphospecies as a source of food. Six tree species accounted for ≥80% of total feeding time and for 74% of all trees used. Fruits accounted for 59% of total feeding time, followed by leaves (35%), palm piths (5%) and other plant parts (1%). Total range used by the monkeys was estimated at 43% of semievergreen rainforest habitat available (ca 40ha). Range use was not random with segments showing light, moderate and heavy use; the use of different areas of their range varied monthly and was closely linked to the spatial dispersion of the trees used for food [Current Zoology 59 (1): 125-134, 2013].

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“…Las relaciones históricas entre las áreas de Mesoamérica no están del todo claras, al parecer el grupo de trabajo, la taxonomía empleada y la delimitación de áreas son un factor determinante (Savage 1982, Flores-Villela & Goyenechea 2001, Groves 2001, Morrone 2005b, Rylands et al 2005. Sin embargo, la hipótesis en el presente estudio es muy similar a la filogenia del mono araña Ateles (Collins & Dubach 2000b), donde se sugiere que la Penín-sula de Yucatán y los BTP de Guatemala y Honduras son hermanas, que los BTP de Nicaragua y Panamá están estrechamente relacionados y a su vez están asociadas con el clado anterior; además en las hipótesis de las tangaras Ramphocelus (Hackett 1996), 29 especies de aves (Brumfield & Capparella 1996) y de los peces dulceacuícolas Brycon, Bryconamericus, Eretmobrycon y Cyphocharax (Reeves & Bermingham 2006), se propone que las Tierras Bajas del Pacífico Sur y del Caribe de Centroamérica son áreas hermanas, que la región de Chocó es el área hermana de las Tierras Bajas de Centroamérica, y las Tierras Bajas del Amazonas es la hermana del clado Centroamé-rica/Chocó.…”

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Regionalización biogeográfica de la mastofauna de los bosques tropicales perennifolios de Mesoamérica

Olguín-Monroy

Gutiérrez-Blando

Ríos-Muñoz

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Biogeographic regionalization of the mammals of tropical evergreen forests in Mesoamerica.Mesoamerica is a biologically complex zone that expands from Southern Mexico to extreme Northern Colombia. The biogeographical patterns and relationships of the mammalian fauna associated to the Mesoamerican Tropical Evergreen Forest (MTEF) are poorly understood, in spite of the wide distribution of this kind of habitat in the region. We compiled a complete georeferenced database of mammalian species distributed in the MTEF of specimens from museum collections and scientific literature. This database was used to create potential distribution maps through the use of environmental niche models (ENMs) by using the Genetic Algorithm for Rule-Set Production (GARP) using 22 climatic and topographic layers. Each map was used as a representation of the geographic distribution of the species and all available maps were summed to obtain general patterns of species richness in the region. Also, the maps were used to construct a presence-absence matrix in a grid of squares of 0.5 degrees of side, that was analyzed in a Parsimony Analysis of Endemicity (PAE), which resulted in a hypothesis of the biogeographic scheme in the region. We compiled a total of 41 527 records of 233 species of mammals associated to the MTEF. The maximum concentration of species richness (104-138 species) is located in the areas around the isthmus of Tehuantepec, Northeastern Chiapas-Western Guatemala, Western Honduras, Central Nicaragua to Northwestern Costa Rica and Western Panama. The proposed regionalization indicates that mammalian faunas associated to these forests are composed of two main groups that are divided by the isthmus of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca in: a) a Northern group that includes Sierra Madre of Chiapas-Guatemala and Yucatan Peninsula; and b) an austral group, that contains the Pacific slope of Chiapas towards the South including Central America. Some individual phylogenetic studies of mammal species in the region support the relationships between the areas of endemism proposed, which suggest a common biogeographical history. in spite that Mesoamerica is considered one of the most important hotspots for biological conservation, the poor knowledge of the biogeographic patterns, the scarcity of protected areas, and the high rate of habitat transformation due to human activities, make prioritary the development of conservation strategies that include patterns of species richness, endemism, and mammalian associations. Rev. Biol. Trop. 61 (2): 937-969. Epub 2013 June 01.

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Taxonomy and Distributions of Mesoamerican Primates

Cited by 113 publications

References 58 publications

Precise digit use increases the expression of handedness in Colombian spider monkeys (Ateles fusciceps rufiventris)

Precise digit use increases the expression of handedness in Colombian spider monkeys (Ateles fusciceps rufiventris)

Selectivity in feeding preferences and ranging patterns in spider monkeys Ateles geoffroyi yucatanensis of northeastern Yucatan peninsula, Mexico

Regionalización biogeográfica de la mastofauna de los bosques tropicales perennifolios de Mesoamérica

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