The Squirrel Monkey

Leonard A. Rosenblum, Robert W. Cooper, Leonard A. Rosenblum, Robert W. Cooper

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9781483233109
• eBook ISBN: 9781483275970
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Zoology
• Index: Biological Sciences

The Squirrel Monkey is devoted to the common South American squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus. In light of the growing number of squirrel monkeys being established each year in many laboratories, there appeared the need to pool existing knowledge in concise form. The present volume, the first of its kind on any single primate, attempts to meet this need. The topics that have been selected cover thoroughly areas of research in which Saimiri has been utilized. This material ranges widely from taxonomy and behavioral studies through husbandry and clinical management of the species, to investigations in aerospace medicine and in a number of basic biological sciences. Since the problems encountered in the squirrel monkey, though sometimes taking a particular form, are not unique in principle, the authors have attempted to provide an appropriate phylogenetic context for their material. It is hoped as a result that this compendium may serve as a valuable source of information during various phases of work on other subjects of primatological and comparative biological investigation as well.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• The Squirrel Monkey
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Contributors
• Preface
• CHAPTER 1. Squirrel Monkey Taxonomy and Supply
• CHAPTER 2. The Parasites of Saimiri: in the Context of Platyrrhine Parasitism
• CHAPTER 3. Observations of Squirrel Monkeys in a Colombian Forest
• CHAPTER 4. The Squirrel Monkey in a Seminatural Environment
• CHAPTER 5. Some Aspects of Female Reproductive Physiology in the Squirrel Monkey
• CHAPTER 6. Observations on the Relationship between Embryological Development,Time of Conception, and Gestation
• CHAPTER 7. Physical Growth and Dental Eruption in Captive-Bred Squirrel Monkeys, Saimiri sciureus (Leticia, Columbia)
• CHAPTER 8. Mother—Infant Relations and Early Behavioral Development in the Squirrel Monkey
• CHAPTER 9. Social Communication in the Squirrel Monkey
• CHAPTER 10. The Learning and Sensory Capacities of the Squirrel Monkey in Phylogenetic Perspective
• CHAPTER 11. Brain Mechanisms in the Behavior of the Squirrel Monkey
• CHAPTER 12. The Squirrel Monkey in Aerospace Medical Research
• CHAPTER 13. Use of the Squirrel Monkey in Pharmacology
• CHAPTER 14. The Laboratory Care and Clinical Management of Saimiri (Squirrel Monkeys)
• APPENDIX: Base-line Blood Determinations of the Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus)
• SUPPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Author Index
• Subject Index