- evolved. However, some
works argue that
callitrichids are
actually a
dwarfed lineage.
Ancestral stem-
callitrichids likely were "normal-sized"
ceboids that...
-
longer than its incisors,
creating the
appearance of tusks. Like
other callitrichids, the cotton-top
tamarin has two
molar teeth on each side of its jaw...
-
females are
typically related. Some prosimians,
colobine monkeys and
callitrichid monkeys also use this system. The
transfer of
females or
males from their...
- a lion.
Living in the
eastern rainforests of Brazil, like all
other callitrichids they are arboreal. Lion
tamarins weigh up to 900
grams (32 oz) and are...
- (Rylands et al., 2016)
showed the
tamarins are a
sister group to all
other callitrichids,
branching off 15–13
million years ago.
Within this clade, six species...
-
abnormalities of movement, coordination,
vision and behavior. LCMV
causes callitrichid hepatitis in New
World primates. The
onset of the
infection is nonspecific...
- The most
recent classification of New
World monkeys again splits the
callitrichids off,
leaving only the
capuchins and
squirrel monkeys in this family...
-
female bears two (or
rarely three) offspring. As is the case for many
callitrichids, the
father and the
other group members take part with the
raising of...
-
diseases that they had not been
previously exposed to. Many were
exposed to
callitrichid hepatitis, and
contracted the disease.
Despite the
challenge of illness...
- 176-199.
French JA. (1997).
Proximate regulation of
singular breeding in
callitrichid primates. In:
Solomon NG,
French JA, editors.
Cooperative breeding in...
