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Maternal Infanticide and Cannibalism in Moustached Tamarin

June 18, 2011

Infanticide and cannibalism are two extreme behaviors seen in primates. Though extreme, the persistence of these behaviors in primates suggest …

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New adapiform species discovered in West Texas

May 17, 2011

Do you know that fossil primates once roam North America? I didn’t know either so this discovery was a shock …

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The Semantics of Vervet Monkey Alarm Calls: Part II – The Experiment

March 16, 2011

Last week, I blogged about the semantics of alarm calls in vervet monkeys. This post will focus solely on the …

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The Semantics of Vervet Monkey Alarm Calls: Part I

March 9, 2011

Anti-predatory alarm calls are important  for social animals to alert others of approaching predators. Without the presence of “language”, some …

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Crested Gibbons: Song Structure as Indication of Phylogenetic Relatedness

February 9, 2011

By Raymond Ho The genus Nomascus are one of the four genus that occurs in the Hylobatid family. Males have …

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Another addition to the Fork-marked lemur species?

December 13, 2010

By Raymond Ho Just in time to celebrate Monkey Day tomorrow, a new species of lemur is on the verge of …

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20 Best Blogs for Primatology Students

November 4, 2010

Great news today here at Primatology.net. We made #1 in 20 Best Blogs for Primatology Students, a list compiled by …

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New snub-nosed monkey from Northern Myanmar: Rhinopithecus strykeri

October 27, 2010

By Raymond Ho While there are currently no images of living specimens of this new species available Fauna & Flora …

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Are slow lorises really venomous?

October 19, 2010

Slow loris by Frans Lanting. Photo from The Guardian. I must say, the idea of venomous primates never crossed my …

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Ape behavior inside the exhibit and holding area

October 1, 2010

An insightful paper published by Ross et al. (2010), compares zoo-living ape behavior inside their holding and exhibit areas in Lincoln Park …

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