Capuchin monkey behavior has been the focus of increasing numbers of captive and field
studies in recent years, clarifying behavioral and ecological differences between the two …

This paper provides an overview of the taxonomy of New World primates from proposals of
the 1980's based on morphology to the great number of studies based on molecular data …

INTRODUCTION Individual processes that shape geographical patterns of biodiversity are
increasingly understood, but their complex interactions on broad spatial and temporal scales …

An updated and annotated checklist of mammals occurring in Brazil is presented. A total of
751 native species, distributed in 249 genera, 51 families and 11 orders were recorded to …

Natural history collections have long been used by morphologists, anatomists, and
taxonomists to probe the evolutionary process and describe biological diversity. These …

The Amazonian landscape evolution is the result of the combined effect of Andean
tectonism, climate and the Earth's interior dynamics. To reconstruct the landscape evolution …

The role of Amazonian rivers as drivers of speciation through vicariance remains
controversial. Here we explore the riverine hypothesis by comparing spatial and temporal …

Mamíferos de médio e grande porte do Nordeste do Brasil: distribuição e taxonomia, com
descrição de novas espécies. Este trabalho pretende compilar o conhecimento atual da …

All investigated cases of habitual tool use in wild chimpanzees and capuchin monkeys
include youngsters encountering durable artefacts, most often in a supportive social context …

The marmosets and tamarins, Family Callitrichidae, are Neotropical primates with over 60
species and subspecies that inhabit much of South America. Although callitrichids exhibit a …