Platyrrhini


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Platyrrhini

the New World monkeys, distinguished from those of the Old World by their possession of a broad cartilaginous nasal septum and a long, usually prehensile, tail. Compare CATARRHINI.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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Living New World Monkeys (Platyrrhini) with an Introduction to Primates, volume 1.
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Origin, speciation, and distribution of South American titi monkeys, genus Callicebus (family Cebidae, Platyrrhini).
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Proposed chromosomal phylogeny for the South American primates of the Callitrichidae Family (Platyrrhini).
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Uacaries, New World monkeys of the genus Cacajao (Cebidae, Platyrrhini): A preliminary taxonomic review with the description of a new subspecies.
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Taxonomy of squirrel monkeys genus Saimiri (Cebidae, Platyrrhini): A preliminary report with description of a hitherto unnamed form.
Diversidad y abundancia de primates y sus amenazas en el interfluvio de los rios Napo y Putumayo, Amazonia peruana
Predation on artificial nests by marmosets of the genus Callithrix (Primates, Platyrrhini) in a Cerrado fragment in Southeastern Brazil.
Reporting social behaviours of mixed-species troops formed by Callithrix jacchus and Callithrix penicillata (Primate, Callitrichidae)/Comportamento social em grupos mistos de Callithrix jacchus e Callithrix penicillata (Primate, Callitrichidae)

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