Geophagy at termitaria by bearded sakis (Chiropotes satanas) in Southeastern Brazilian Amazonia

AbstractThe endemic bearded sakis Chiropotes satanas Satanas and Chiropotes satanas utahicki of south-eastern Amazonia are among the most threatened of this region's primates because of a combination of deforestation and hunting, and their apparent intolerance of habitat disturbance. Recent surveys at eight sites confirm that sakis are locally extinct in some areas where intense habitat fragmentation is exacerbated by hunting pressure, but also show that, in the absence of hunting, they can be relatively abundant in isolated forest fragments. Density was unexpectedly low in one protected area, however, which implies that caution is necessary for the planning of long-term conservation strategies. Well-protected forest fragments of reasonable size ( > 5000 ha) appear to have good potential for the protection of bearded saki populations. While many of the region's major landowners may thus make a significant contribution to the management of saki populations, land conflicts are a potentially serious problem for the long-term conservation of not just these primates, but the region's fauna and flora as a whole.

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Pathological Features of Mycobacterium kansasii Infection in Black Bearded Sakis (Chiropotes satanas)

Journal of Comparative Pathology ◽

10.1016/j.jcpa.2012.02.006 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 147 (4) ◽

pp. 566-569 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

A. Murai ◽

T. Murakami ◽

M. Inoue ◽

H. Ueda ◽

S. Shiihara ◽

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Keyword(s):

Pathological Features ◽

Mycobacterium Kansasii ◽

Chiropotes Satanas ◽

Bearded Sakis

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Seasonal Variation in the Diets of White-Faced and Bearded Sakis (Pithecia pithecia and Chiropotes satanas) in Guri Lake, Venezuela

Adaptive Radiations of Neotropical Primates ◽

10.1007/978-1-4419-8770-9_23 ◽

1996 ◽

pp. 403-423 ◽

Cited By ~ 41

Author(s):

Marilyn A. Norconk

Keyword(s):

Seasonal Variation ◽

Pithecia Pithecia ◽

Chiropotes Satanas ◽

Bearded Sakis

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Indigenous Youth in Brazilian Amazonia

10.1057/9781137266514 ◽

2012 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen

Keyword(s):

Indigenous Youth ◽

Brazilian Amazonia

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Personhood and youth-making in contemporary Indigenous Amazonia

The Oxford Handbook of Global South Youth Studies ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190930028.013.8 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen ◽

Alessandra Severino da Silva Manchinery

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Global South ◽

The Body ◽

Body Politics ◽

Indigenous Youth ◽

Social Responsibilities ◽

Brazilian Amazonia ◽

University Studies ◽

Social Belonging ◽

Indigenous Voices

This essay looks at the construction of personhood in Brazilian Amazonia from the perspective of Indigenous youth. In Amazonian sociocosmology, personhood is constructed relationally, a process in which the body is a distinctive factor. Consequently, during schooling and university studies, young people have responded to and resisted representations and policies that have often silenced Indigenous voices and limited their fabrication of bodies. The contemporary social responsibilities of Indigenous youth and the challenges faced in undertaking them shape how their subjectivity, agency, and recognized social belonging are being constantly increased, removed, or even denied. The essay draws from anthropological theories of relational personhood, as well as ideas of geo- and body-politics present in theorizing on the Global South.

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