. Advances in herpetology and evolutionary biology : essays in honor of Ernest E. Williams. Williams, Ernest E. (Ernest Edward); Herpetology; Evolution. 522 Advances in Herpetology and Evolutionary Biology. Figure 1. Map of Surinam showing the location of the Raleighvallen-Voltzberg Nature Reserve and the other protected areas in the country. World monkeys and to determine how they divide up available forest resources. There are eight primate species in Surinam, and they include seven mem- bers of the family Cebidae and one species of Callitrichidae. The callitrichid is the golden-handed tamar
. Advances in herpetology and evolutionary biology : essays in honor of Ernest E. Williams. Williams, Ernest E. (Ernest Edward); Herpetology; Evolution. 522 Advances in Herpetology and Evolutionary Biology. Figure 1. Map of Surinam showing the location of the Raleighvallen-Voltzberg Nature Reserve and the other protected areas in the country. World monkeys and to determine how they divide up available forest resources. There are eight primate species in Surinam, and they include seven mem- bers of the family Cebidae and one species of Callitrichidae. The callitrichid is the golden-handed tamarin {Saguinus midas midas), which weighs about 500 g and lives in groups that average six indi- viduals. The cebids range in size from the squirrel monkey {Saimiri sciureus), which weighs about 700 g and travels in huge groups that can exceed 50 individ- uals, to the black spider monkey {Ateles panisciis paniscus), with males and females averaging about kg. The social structure of spider monkeys is unique among the Surinam species in that the animals apparently live in tem- porary "parties" or "subgroups" within larger, loosely-organized communities. Other cebids include the white-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia) and the bearded saki (Chiropotes satanas chiropotes), both of them members of the unusual cebid subfamily, Pitheciinae. The white- faced saki lives in pairs or small family groups, weighs about to kg, and is the only Surinam species that is strongly sexually dimorphic in color. The bearded saki is larger, weighing about kg, lives in group of eight to more than 30 individ- uals, and is not dimorphic. Two species of capuchin monkey also occur in Surinam. The tufted capuchin (Cebus apella apella) is found throughout the country and is probably the most adapt- able monkey. Males average about kg and females kg, and the animals live in groups of six to 20 or more individuals. The weeper capuchin {Cebus nigrivit- tatus), in contrast t
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