The Woolly monkey: behavior, ecology, systematics, and captive research

2015 ◽  
Vol 52 (08) ◽  
pp. 52-4218-52-4218
Keyword(s):  
Woolly Monkey ◽  
Monkey Behavior

scholarly journals Occurrence of Dipetalonema gracile in a wild population of woolly monkey Lagothrix poeppiigii in the northeastern Peruvian Amazon

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-160
Author(s):  
David Fernandez Conga ◽  
Pedro Mayor ◽  
Adriano Penha Furtado ◽  
Elane Guerreiro Giese ◽  
Jeannie Nascimento dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Wild Population ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Peruvian Amazon ◽  
New Host ◽  
Woolly Monkey ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Thoracic And Abdominal ◽  
Scanning Electron

Abstract Dipetalonema gracile (Rudolphi, 1809) (Filarioidea: Onchocercidae) is one of six species of cavities filarial parasites of Neotropical non-human primates. The present study recorded the occurrence of D. gracile, provides morphological and morphometric data and extends the geographical distribution. Adult filariae were obtained from the thoracic and abdominal cavities of 38 specimens of woolly monkey, which were used for local human consumption, in the northeastern Peruvian Amazon. Male and female filarids were processed and analysed using light and scanning electron microscopy. Details of the cephalic papillae, post-cloacal bands and papillae, vulva, phasmid position and lateral appendages are showed by scanning electron microscopy and is recorded the occurrencce of Lagothrix poeppigii monkey as a new host of this filaria in the Yavari-Mirin river basin, Peruvian Amazon.

scholarly journals New records and geographic distribution of Grey Woolly Monkeys, Lagothrix cana (É. Geoffroy, 1812) (Primates, Atelidae), in southern Brazilian Amazonia

Check List ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2007
Author(s):  
André V. Nunes ◽  
Vinicius S. Orsini
Keyword(s):  
Endangered Species ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
New Record ◽  
New Records ◽  
Forest Fragment ◽  
Woolly Monkey ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Woolly Monkeys ◽  
Arc Of Deforestation ◽  
Southwestern Amazonia

We report a range extension of the Grey Woolly Monkey, Lagothrix cana, from southwestern Amazonia, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Lagothrix cana was seen in a forest fragment near the “arc of deforestation”. This new record shows the need for conservation of forests in the region to protect this endangered species.

scholarly journals Activity budget and behavioural patterns of free-ranging yellow-tailed woolly monkeys Oreonax flavicauda (Mammalia: Primates), at La Esperanza, northeastern Peru

2011 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 269-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam Shanee ◽  
Noga Shanee
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Forest ◽  
Primate Species ◽  
Forest Types ◽  
Woolly Monkey ◽  
Woolly Monkeys ◽  
Focal Animal ◽  
Behavioural Patterns ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Free Ranging ◽  
The Village

The critically endangered yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Oreonax flavicauda) is endemic to the cloud forests of north-eastern Peru and one of the least studied of all primate species. We conducted fifteen months of group follows using focal animal sampling techniques to gather the first behavioural data on free ranging O. flavicauda. Group follows took place in an area of disturbed primary and regenerating secondary forest near the village of La Esperanza, Amazonas department. Yellow-tailed woolly monkey activity budgets at La Esperanza average: 29.8% feeding, 26.3% resting, 29.0% travelling, 2.3% in social and 12.8% in other activities. Significant differences were observed in the frequency of behaviours between age/sex classes as well as on temporal scales. Our findings are similar to those of other woolly monkey species although yellow-tailed woolly monkeys were found to be more vocally active then other species. We recommend further study of this species at other sites with different forest types to better understand its behavioural ecology and conservation needs. Particular emphasis should be given to studying this species at different altitudes.

Ovarian functionality in Poeppig's woolly monkey (Lagothrix poeppigii)

2013 ◽  
Vol 136 (4) ◽  
pp. 310-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Mayor ◽  
M. Bowler ◽  
C. López-Plana
Keyword(s):  
Woolly Monkey

scholarly journals Simian Sarcoma-Associated Virus Fails To Infect Chinese Hamster Cells despite the Presence of Functional Gibbon Ape Leukemia Virus Receptors

1998 ◽  
Vol 72 (12) ◽  
pp. 9453-9458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan-Tsang Ting ◽  
Carolyn A. Wilson ◽  
Karen B. Farrell ◽  
G. Jilani Chaudry ◽  
Maribeth V. Eiden
Keyword(s):  
Envelope Protein ◽  
Leukemia Virus ◽  
Chinese Hamster ◽  
Retroviral Vectors ◽  
Terminal Region ◽  
Terminal Portion ◽  
Viral Receptor ◽  
Woolly Monkey ◽  
Amino Terminal ◽  
Gibbon Ape Leukemia Virus

ABSTRACT We have sequenced the envelope genes from each of the five members of the gibbon ape leukemia virus (GALV) family of type C retroviruses. Four of the GALVs, including GALV strain SEATO (GALV-S), were originally isolated from gibbon apes, whereas the fifth member of this family, simian sarcoma-associated virus (SSAV), was isolated from a woolly monkey and shares 78% amino acid identity with GALV-S. To determine whether these viruses have identical host ranges, we evaluated the susceptibility of several cell lines to either GALV-S or SSAV infection. GALV-S and SSAV have the same host range with the exception of Chinese hamster lung E36 cells, which are susceptible to GALV-S but not SSAV. We used retroviral vectors that differ only in their envelope composition (e.g., they contain either SSAV or GALV-S envelope protein) to show that the envelope of SSAV restricts entry into E36 cells. Although unable to infect E36 cells, SSAV infects GALV-resistant murine cells expressing the E36-derived viral receptor, HaPit2. These results suggest that the receptors present on E36 cells function for SSAV. We have constructed several vectors containing GALV-S/SSAV chimeric envelope proteins to map the region of the SSAV envelope that blocks infection of E36 cells. Vectors bearing chimeric envelopes comprised of the N-terminal region of the GALV-S SU protein and the C-terminal region of SSAV infect E36 cells, whereas vectors containing the N-terminal portion of the SSAV SU protein and C-terminal portion of GALV-S fail to infect E36 cells. This finding indicates that the region of the SSAV envelope protein responsible for restricting SSAV infection of E36 cells lies within its amino-terminal region.

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