Rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) in the Taihang mountains, Jiyuan county, Henan, China

Qu, Wei; Yongzu, Zhang; Manry, David E.; Southwick, Charles H.

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“…Taihangshan area in China, rhesus macaques inhabit a secondary deciduous forest between 300 m and 1200 m a.s.l. (984 and 3937 ft) in a temperate climate with cold, snowy winters similar to the climate of the central, Midwestern United States (Qu et al 1993;Lu et al 2007). To make the macaque conservation compatible with our current policies and the local economic development, there is need for continuous protection of similar characteristic habitats as mentioned above.…”

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“…Average annual precipitation was 641 mm (2.10 ft), with the heaviest rain recorded from June to August (Qu et al 1993;Hu et al 2004). This is similar to the climate of the Pakistan region where rhesus macaques are found, but the habitat in Pakistan is dominated by mixed evergreen and deciduous forests that are highly disturbed (Goldstein & Richard 1989), and which are also in proximity with habitat conditions of the Japanese monkeys, Macaca fuscata Blyth, 1875 (Wada & Ichiki 1980;Nakagawa 1989).…”

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Patterns of habitat selection and use by Macaca mulatta tcheliensis in winter and early spring in temperate forest, Jiyuan, China

Xie

Sichilima

et al. 2012

Biologia

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Patterns of habitat selection and use by Macaca mulatta tcheliensis in winter and early spring in temperate forest, Jiyuan, China • 22 E, in Taihangshan Macaque National Nature Reserve (TMNNR), Jiyuan, Henan Province, we show by elaborative results that Macaca mulatta tcheliensis was specifically associated with the following habitat characteristics: (1) the average tree DBH (diameter at breast height) with over 15 cm; (2) the distance from human disturbance of less than 2000 m; (3) the distance to water with less than 1000 m; (4) the gradient of mountain slope of 15• ∼40 • ; (5) which was markedly tarrying with the altitude ranges from 1000 m to 1300 m; and (6) where the canopy coverage was less than 60%. In addition, during this study, rhesus macaque mostly inhabited the sunny slopes of mountains than the shady areas. Results of the first five principal components analysis (PCA) accounted for the total variance of 68.88%, while the other factors showed insignificant effects on habitat selection by rhesus macaque in the temperate forest. In conclusion, these new results increase our understanding on the living status, under the harshest condition, in winter and early spring of Macaca mulatta tcheliensis, the subspecies of rhesus macaques as may be linked to its habitat selection and utilization, in the temperate forest.

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Patterns of habitat selection and use by Macaca mulatta tcheliensis in winter and early spring in temperate forest, Jiyuan, China

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Sichilima

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Biologia

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“…Based on the early appearance of apelike life history in fossil hominoids and on limited evidence for more prolonged growth in some EQ calculated as observed brain mass/expected brain mass. Expected brain weight calculated according to the method described by Martin (1990) based on the relationship between brain and body mass in a large sample of mammals (log estimated cranial capacity of 70-75 cc (Radinsky 1974) based on the formula given in Ruff et al (1998; Goldstein and Richard 1989;Wenyuan et al 1993;18 Reitz 2001;Reitz and Benefit 2001. platyrrhines than previously thought, Kelley and Smith (2003), contrary to Schultz's earlier interpretation, suggested that the primitive catarrhine condition was characterized by relatively prolonged growth periods-occuring today in hominoids and perhaps platyrrhines-and that cercopithecoids are derived in having a comparatively accelerated life history.…”

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Dental Eruption Sequences in Fossil Colobines and the Evolution of Primate Life Histories

Harvati

Frost

2007

Int J Primatol

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Unlike other catarrhines, colobines show early molar eruption relative to that of the anterior dentition. The pattern is variable, with Asian genera (Presbytina) showing a greater variability than the African genera (Colobina). The polarity of early relative molar eruption, as well as the degree to which it is related to phylogeny, are unclear. Schultz (1935) suggested that the trend reflects phylogeny and is primitive for catarrhines. More recently, however, researchers have proposed that life history and dietary hypotheses account for early relative molar eruption. If the colobine eruption pattern is primitive for catarrhines, it implies that cercopithecines and hominoids converged on delayed relative molar eruption. Alternatively, if the colobine condition is derived, factors such as diet and mortality patterns probably shaped colobine eruption patterns. Here we update our knowledge on eruption sequences of living colobines, and explore the evolutionary history of the colobine dental eruption pattern by examining fossil colobine taxa from Eurasia (Mesopithecus) and Africa (Kuseracolobus aramisi and Colobus sp.) and the basal cercopithecoid Victoriapithecus macinnesi. We scored specimens per Harvati (2000). The Late Miocene-Early Pliocene Mesopithecus erupts the second molar early relative to the incisors, while the Early Pliocene Kuseracolobus aramisi does not. These results demonstrate that the common colobine tendency for early molar eruption relative to the anterior dentition had appeared by the Late Miocene, and that some of the diversity observed among living colobines was already established in the Late Miocene/Early Pliocene. We discuss the implications of these results for phylogenetic, life history, and dietary hypotheses of dental development.

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“…Intraspecific altitudinal variation in home range size is seen among primates, with larger home ranges at higher altitudes. For example, rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) occupy a wide range of environments, and have larger mean home ranges in mountainous regions of China (16 km 2 ; Wenyuan et al 1993) and Pakistan (8 km 2 ; Richard 1985) than in lowland China (0.37 km 2 ; Southwick et al 1996). Similarly, larger group home ranges have been observed among chacma baboons (P. ursinus) at high altitudes, in comparison to those at lower altitudes (Whiten et al 1987).…”

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Altitudinal Distribution and Ranging Patterns of Pygmy Tarsiers (Tarsius pumilus)

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2013

High Altitude Primates

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Rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) in the Taihang mountains, Jiyuan county, Henan, China

Cited by 26 publications

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Patterns of habitat selection and use by Macaca mulatta tcheliensis in winter and early spring in temperate forest, Jiyuan, China

Patterns of habitat selection and use by Macaca mulatta tcheliensis in winter and early spring in temperate forest, Jiyuan, China

Dental Eruption Sequences in Fossil Colobines and the Evolution of Primate Life Histories

Altitudinal Distribution and Ranging Patterns of Pygmy Tarsiers (Tarsius pumilus)

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