A brief survey of the primates of Coiba Island, Panama (original) (raw)

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Two species of primates,Alouatta palliata coibensis and_Cebus capucinus imitator_, occur on the Pacific island of Coiba, located off the coast of Panama. Eighteen_Alouatta_ groups and 13_Cebus_ groups were seen during a 12-day survey (26 October-6 November, 1974). Five_Alouatta_ groups ranged in size from 2–9 animals and averaged 5.2 animals/group; one_Cebus_ group contained 10 individuals.Cebus frequently forage on the ground on Cobia, and both_Alouatta_ and_Cebus_ occasionally enter mangrove swamp.

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1. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, P. O. Box 2072, Balboa, Canal Zone
   Katharine Milton
2. New York Zoological Society, Bronx Zoo, 10460, Bronx, New York
   Russell A. Mittermeier
3. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 02138, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
   Russell A. Mittermeier

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1. Katharine Milton
2. Russell A. Mittermeier

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Milton, K., Mittermeier, R.A. A brief survey of the primates of Coiba Island, Panama.Primates 18, 931–936 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02382942

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• Received: 29 January 1976
• Accepted: 03 July 1976
• Issue date: October 1977
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02382942

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