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Critical Issues in Cebine Evolution and Behavior

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Adaptive Radiations of Neotropical Primates

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Cebus and Saimiri, together with Callicebus and Aotus, represent four genera of New World monkeys whose unresolved taxonomic position has served to muddle platyrrhine cladistics. Their affinities remain somewhat problematic (Schneider and Rosenberger, this volume), although we argue that in the past 20 years, new molecular, genetic, morphological and behavioral analyses have narrowed the range of possible explanations regarding Cebus and Saimiri, in particular. Here, we attempt to clarify cebine evolutionary relationships and outline some interesting and relevant directions for future studies in behavior and ecology.

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  1. Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H4, Canada

    Linda Marie Fedigan

  2. Department of Zoological Research, National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C., 20008

    Alfred L. Rosenberger

  3. Department of Anthropology and Division of Comparative Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611

    Sue Boinski

  4. Department of Anthropology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 44242

    Marilyn A. Norconk

  5. Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 61801

    Paul A. Garber

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Fedigan, L.M., Rosenberger, A.L., Boinski, S., Norconk, M.A., Garber, P.A. (1996). Critical Issues in Cebine Evolution and Behavior. In: Norconk, M.A., Rosenberger, A.L., Garber, P.A. (eds) Adaptive Radiations of Neotropical Primates. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8770-9_13

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