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Coat Color is not an Indicator of Subspecies Identity in Colombian Woolly Monkeys

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The Woolly Monkey

Part of the book series: Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects ((DIPR,volume 39))

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Woolly monkeys are severely threatened, and disagreement on their taxonomic status complicates conservation strategies. Two subspecies of woolly monkeys inhabit Colombia, but the genetics of their populations have not been studied. Using mitochondrial DNA sequences, we set out to estimate the level of gene flow between populations, and to corroborate their taxonomic position. We found two separate evolving units with limited levels of gene flow. However, their separation does not correlate with the existing subspecies distinction, which is based on pelage color. We, therefore, propose a genetic differentiation of the woolly monkey taxa and emphasize the importance of the detected inconsistency in subspecies differentiation based on coat color.

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Acknowledgments

The authors express their gratitude to Sebastian Gonzalez for his help with the geographical data processing, to Santiago Herrera for his critical comments on the study and manuscript, and to Diego Zarate for his help sampling the Guaviare population. The research was carried out with permission of the Colombian Ministerio de Ambiente, Vivienda y Desarrollo Territorial, given through Resolución 521 del 1 de abril de 2008, Resolución 751 del 13 de mayo de 2008, Resolución 803 del 16 de mayo de 2008, and Contrato de Acceso a Recursos Genéticos para Investigación Científica sin Interés Comercial No 17. This research was funded by Colciencias, Idea Wild, and Universidad de los Andes.

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  1. Laboratorio de Ecología de Bosques Tropicales y Primatología (LEBTYP), Universidad de los Andes, Carrera 1 No 18a-10, Bogotá, Colombia

    Sergio Botero & Pablo R. Stevenson

  2. Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, Box 18, 10065, New York, NY, USA

    Sergio Botero

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Botero, S., Stevenson, P. (2014). Coat Color is not an Indicator of Subspecies Identity in Colombian Woolly Monkeys. In: Defler, T., Stevenson, P. (eds) The Woolly Monkey. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects, vol 39. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0697-0_2

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