Neotropical Ethnoprimatology
Indigenous Peoples’ Perceptions of and Interactions with Nonhuman Primates
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Ethnoprimatological information about owl monkeys is relatively scant compared to other Neotropical primates. Nocturnality is the characteristic that modulates the interaction between owl monkeys and humans. I...
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The owl monkeys, genus Aotus, are among the most widely distributed of all platyrrhine genera. The 13 currently recognized taxa are found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, ...
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Indigenous Peoples’ Perceptions of and Interactions with Nonhuman Primates
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This chapter explores the uses, perceptions of, and interactions with monkeys by the Mapoyo, an indigenous society of Carib linguistic affiliation of the Middle Orinoco of Venezuela. Historical references of e...
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Primates constitute one of the main sources of animal protein for the Yanomami people of Brazil and Venezuela. Monkeys are also important in Yanomami mythology, technology, and body adornment. Ten primate spec...
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The goals of this first chapter to our volume Howler Monkeys: Adaptive Radiation, Systematics, and Morphology are to highlight the importance of morphological, genetic, and physiological studies for understanding...
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Understanding the way howler monkeys interact with other vertebrates has critical ecological, evolutionary, cognitive, and conservation implications. In this review, we completed an extensive search of the ava...
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The goals of this first chapter to our volume “Howler Monkeys: Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation” are to highlight the importance of long-term studies for understanding howler behavioral ecology, evaluate the c...
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Since the first long-term field study of mantled howler monkeys carried out by Clarence R. Carpenter on Barro Colorado Island about 80 years ago, howler movement patterns and range use have been studied in sev...
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This chapter reviews the interface between humans and howler monkeys based on evidence from the archaeological record and the ethnography of contemporary indigenous societies. The record of howler monkeys inte...