"Tool use" by squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) supports the extractive foraging hypothesis for distinguishing between conceptual & non-conceptual performances by nonhuman primates

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Seidl ◽  
Abigail Machernis ◽  
Roger Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Tool Use ◽  
Nonhuman Primates ◽  
Squirrel Monkeys ◽  
Saimiri Sciureus ◽  
Extractive Foraging

scholarly journals Interspecies Transmission of Chronic Wasting Disease Prions to Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)

2005 ◽  
Vol 79 (21) ◽  
pp. 13794-13796 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard F. Marsh ◽  
Anthony E. Kincaid ◽  
Richard A. Bessen ◽  
Jason C. Bartz
Keyword(s):  
Neurodegenerative Disease ◽  
Brain Tissue ◽  
Nonhuman Primates ◽  
Chronic Wasting Disease ◽  
Mule Deer ◽  
Squirrel Monkeys ◽  
Interspecies Transmission ◽  
Saimiri Sciureus ◽  
Wasting Disease ◽  
Spongiform Degeneration

ABSTRACT Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is an emerging prion disease of deer and elk. The risk of CWD transmission to humans following exposure to CWD-infected tissues is unknown. To assess the susceptibility of nonhuman primates to CWD, two squirrel monkeys were inoculated with brain tissue from a CWD-infected mule deer. The CWD-inoculated squirrel monkeys developed a progressive neurodegenerative disease and were euthanized at 31 and 34 months postinfection. Brain tissue from the CWD-infected squirrel monkeys contained the abnormal isoform of the prion protein, PrP-res, and displayed spongiform degeneration. This is the first reported transmission of CWD to primates.

Seasonality in squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus): Social facilitation by females

1996 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 1105-1113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia A. Schiml ◽  
Sally P. Mendoza ◽  
Wendy Saltzman ◽  
David M. Lyons ◽  
William A. Mason
Keyword(s):  
Social Facilitation ◽  
Squirrel Monkeys ◽  
Saimiri Sciureus

Nocturnal Vocalizations by Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)

1988 ◽  
Vol 51 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 143-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Symmes ◽  
Philipp Goedeking
Keyword(s):  
Squirrel Monkeys ◽  
Saimiri Sciureus
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