Abstract
The dental structure of all species ofCallithrix, C. argentata, C. humeralifer, C. aurita, C. flaviceps, C. geoffroyi, C. penicillata, andC. jacchus is examined.Callithrix are divided intoC. jacchus group andC. argentata group, based on the analysis of dental characters.C. jacchus group consists ofC. jacchus, C. penicillata, C. geoffroyi, C. flaviceps, andC. aurita, whileC. argentata andC. humeralifer are assigned toC. argentata group. InC. jacchus group,C. aurita andC. flaviceps were differentiated from the original stock of their common ancestor, followed byC. geoffroyi, last byC. penicillata, and finallyC. jacchus. Based on the relationships among species ofCallithrix, it is possible to infer the relative age of the formation of the refuges which caused their speciation. First, the forests in southeastern Brazilian coast were split from Amazonia. In southeastern Brazilian coast, the Paulista center separated, followed by the Rio Doce center, the Bahia center, finally by the Pernambuco center.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Brown, K. S. Jr., 1982. Paleoecology and regional patterns of evolution in Neotropical forest butterflies. In:Biological Diversification in the Tropics,G. T. Prance (ed.), Columbia Press, New York, pp. 258–308.
Coimbra-Filho, A. F. &R. A. Mittermeier, 1973. New data on the taxonomy of the Brazilian marmosets of the genusCallithrix Erxleben, 1777.Folia Primatol., 20: 241–264.
———— & ————, 1977. Tress-gouging, exudate-eating and the “short-tusked” condition inCallithrix andCebuella. In:The Biology and Conservation of the Callitrichidae,D. G. Kleiman (ed.), Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., pp. 105–115.
Haffer, J., 1969. Speciation in Amazonian forest birds.Science, 165: 131–137.
Hershkovitz, P., 1968. Metachromism or the principle of evolutionary change in mammalian tegumentary colors.Evolution, 22: 556–575.
————, 1975. Comments on taxonomy of Brazilian marmoset (Callithrix, Callitrichidae).Folia Primatol., 24: 137–172.
————, 1977.Living New World Monkeys, Vol. 1. Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Hill, W. C. O., 1957.Primates. Comparative Anatomy and Taxonomy. Vol. 3, Hapalidae. Edinburgh Univ. Press, Edinburgh.
Kinzey, W. G., 1973. Reduction of the cingulum in Ceboidea. In:Craniofacial Biology of Primates, Vol. 3,M. A. Zingeser (ed.), S. Karger, Basel, pp. 101–127.
————, 1974. Ceboidea models for the evolution of hominoid dentition.J. Human Evol., 3: 193–203.
————, 1982. Distribution of primates and forest refuge. In:Biological Diversification in the Tropics,G. T. Prance (ed.), Columbia Press, New York, pp. 455–481.
Maier, W. &G. Schneck, 1981. Konstruktionsmorphologische Untersuchungen am Gebiss der hominoiden Primaten.Z. Morph. Anthropol., 72: 127–169.
Mittermeier, R. A. &A. F. Coimbra-Filho, 1981. Systematics: species and subspecies. In:Ecology and Behavior of Neotropical Primates,A. F. Coimbra-Filho &R. A. Mittermeier (eds.), Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, Rio de Janeiro, pp. 29–109.
Napier, P. H., 1976.Catalogue of Primates in the British Museum (Natural History) 1. Families Callitrichidae and Ceboidea. British Museum, Natural History, London.
Orlosky, F. J., 1973. Comparative dental morphology of extant and extinct Cebidae.Univ. Microfilm. Ann Arbor.
Prance, G. T., 1982. Forest refuges: evidence from woody Angiosperms. In:Biological Diversification in the Tropics,G. T. Prance (ed.), Columbia Press, New York, pp. 137–158.
Rosenberger, A. L., 1979. Phylogeny, evolution and classification of New World monkeys (Platyrrhini, Primates),Univ. Microfilms, Ann Arbor.
———— &W. G. Kinzey, 1976. Functional patterns of molar occlusion in platyrrhine primates.Amer. J. Phys. Anthropol., 45: 281–298.
Setoguchi, T. &A. L. Rosenberger, 1985. Miocene marmosets: First fossil evidence.Int. J. Primatol., 6: 615–625.
Sussman, R. W. &W. G. Kinzey, 1984. The ecological role of the Callitrichidae: A review.Amer. J. Phys. Anthropol., 64: 419–449.
Szalay, F. S., 1969. Mixodectidae, Microsyopidae and the insectivore-primate transition.Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 140: 193–330.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
About this article
Cite this article
Natori, M. Interspecific relationships ofCallithrix based on the dental characters. Primates 27, 321–336 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02382074
Received:
Accepted:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02382074