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Crania of A. Tamandua mexicana ZSM 1960/191 (dorsal, ventral and lateral view; arrows show the presence of four orbital foraminas). B. Tamandua tetradactyla ZSM 1937/100 (dorsal, ventral and lateral view; arrows show the presence of three orbital foraminas). Scale bar = 10 mm.
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The Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen (ZSM), Germany, possesses an historical value because is the
depositary of important specimens that were used in the description of different species, especially from
South America. Unfortunately, there is not available information about the mammals of Colombia housed at
this collection. For this, 33 specimen...
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... cranial measurements were taken following Voss (2011) for the genus Coendou, Wetzel (1975) for Tamandua, andVoss et al. (2001) for the order Carnivora. Wetzel (1975): four pairs of orbital foramina, distance between anterior borders of palatine and lacrimal bones proportionally less than in Tamandua tetradactyla ( Figure 1A); the jugal is broken. External measurements from the catalogue are: total length: 940 mm; tail: 456 mm; foot: 80 mm; ear: 42 mm; weight: 2900 g. ...
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... Aotus griseimembra presenta un tamaño corporal entre 655 a 685 mm, la longitud de la cola varía entre 350 a 365 mm, y pesa entre 800 y 1000 g (Ramírez-Chaves, 2014). Se caracteriza por tener un pelaje relativamente corto y aplastado, con un dorso que puede variar en color desde un tono castaño a uno castaño amarillento; el pelaje de la super昀椀cie dorsal de manos y pies es castaño claro, con puntas oscuras que hacen contraste con el pelaje dorsal, el vientre generalmente es amarillo claro y las patas café claras (De昀氀er, 2010;Figura 10). ...
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Este libro es resultado del arduo esfuerzo de varios
miembros del Semillero de Investigación en Primatología
y Conservación de sus Ecosistemas de la Universidad
de Caldas (SIPCE), que ha venido fortaleciéndose en
los últimos años gracias a la inmensa ayuda recibida
de un amplio número de personas que, con su esmero,
promueven el desarrollo de investigaciones dentro del
Semillero y la formación académica de estos jóvenes
promesas de la primatología en Colombia.
