Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Ecological and behavioural information onBrachyteles arachnoides

  • Short Communications
  • Published:
Primates Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The woolly spider monkey,Brachyteles arachnoides, is an endangered and poorly known species whose geographical distribution is restricted to the Atlantic forest in Brazil. This paper reports observations made during a 12-month study at a site in the State of São Paulo. Information is given on troop size and composition, home range size and use, vocalizations, daily behaviour, reproduction, diet and geographical morphological variation.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Aguirre, A. C., 1971.O mono Brachyteles arachnoides. Academia Brasileira de Ciências, Rio de Janeiro.

  • Durham, N. M., 1975. Some ecological, distributional, and group behavioral features of Atelinae in Southern Peru: with comments on interspecific relations. In:Socioecology and Psychology of Primates,R. H. Tuttle (ed.), Mouton, The Hague, pp. 87–101.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hill, W. C. O., 1962.Primates: Comparative Anatomy and Taxonomy, Vol. 5, Cebidae (part B). Edinburgh Univ. Press, Edinburgh.

    Google Scholar 

  • Klein, L. L. &D. J. Klein, 1975. Social and ecological contrast between four taxa of neotropical primates. In:Socioecology and Psychology of Primates,R. H. Tuttle (ed.), Mouton, The Hague, pp. 59–85.

    Google Scholar 

  • Mittermeier, R. &A. F. Coimbra-Filho, 1981. Systematics: species and subspecies. In:Ecology and Behavior of Neotropical Primates, Vol. 1,A. F. Coimbra-Filho &R. Mittermeier (eds.), Academia Brasileira de Ciências, Rio de Janeiro, pp. 29–109.

    Google Scholar 

  • Nishimura, A., 1979. In search of woolly spider monkey.Reports of New World Monkeys 1979, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto Univ., pp. 21–37.

  • Torres de Assumpção, C., 1981.Cebus apella andBrachyteles arachnoides (Cebidae) as potential pollinators ofMabea fistulifera (Euphorbiaceae).J. Mammal., 62(2): 386–388.

    Google Scholar 

  • ————, 1983. An ecological study of the primates of southeastern Brazil, with a reappraisal ofCebus apella races. Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. of Edinburgh, Edinburgh.

    Google Scholar 

  • ----,H. F. Leitão Filho & O. Cesar, in press. Descrição das matas da Fazenda Barreiro Rico, Estado de São Paulo,Revta. Brasil. Bot.

  • Vieira, C. C., 1944. Os símios do Estado de São Paulo.Papéis Avulsos do Departamento de Zoologia, São Paulo, 4(1): 1–31.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Zoology Department, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Kings Buildings, EH9 3JT, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

    C. Torres de Assumpção

Authors
  1. C. Torres de Assumpção
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

About this article

Cite this article

Torres de Assumpção, C. Ecological and behavioural information onBrachyteles arachnoides . Primates 24, 584–593 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02381691

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02381691

Keywords

Search

Navigation