- the Old World.
Prehensility has
evolved at
least two
distinct times in
platyrrhines, in the
Atelidae family (spider monkeys,
woolly spider monkeys, howler...
- 92 cm (36 in) plus a 92 cm (36 in) tail.
Platyrrhines primarily eat fruit, leaves, and insects. Most
platyrrhines do not have po****tion estimates, but the...
- prehensile,
unlike those of the New
World monkeys (
platyrrhines). The
distinction of
catarrhines from
platyrrhines depends on the
structure of the rhinarium,...
- apes of the
family Hominidae and the
gibbons of the
family Hylobatidae;
Platyrrhines, or New
World monkeys,
divided into the
families Aotidae, Atelidae, Callitrichidae...
-
catarrhines (Old
World monkeys and apes,
including humans), and the
platyrrhines (New
World monkeys).
Haplorhini was
proposed by Po**** in 1918 when he...
- Parapithecidae, and have
dental features markedly different from
those of
platyrrhines.
Qatrania wingi of
lower Oligocene Fayum deposits is
considered the closest...
-
widespread primate genus in the
Neotropics and are
among the
largest of the
platyrrhines along with the
muriquis (Brachyteles), the
spider monkeys (Ateles) and...
-
color vision similar to that
found in
platyrrhines. Like catarrhines,
howler monkeys (a
family of
platyrrhines) show
routine trichromatism that has been...
- In biology,
paternal care is
parental investment provided by a male to his own offspring. It is a
complex social behaviour in
vertebrates ****ociated with...
-
males and
females possess three opsins classes. In
nearly all
species of
platyrrhines (New
World monkeys)
males and
homozygous females are dichromats, while...
