TY - JOUR
T1 - The Monkeys of the Islands of the Amazon Estuary, Brazil
T2 - A Biogeographic Analysis
AU - Fernandes, M. E.B.
AU - DA Silva, J. M.Cardoso
AU - De, J.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank L.M.P. Henriques and R. Rodrigues for their information on the monkeys of the Mexiana Island. We are grateful to Mr. M. Morelli (Caviana), Ms. Tete and Mr. J. Lima (Gurupä), and Mr. F. Lobato (Mexiana) for logistic support during fieldwork in their ranchs. The manuscript benefited from comments from M.E. Petersen, L. Granjon and two anonymous referees. This study was sponsored by the Museu Paraense Emflio Goeldi, and the Conselho National de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq). J.M.C. da Silva is also supported by the Danish Natural Science Research Council (grant J.nr. 11-0390).
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - In this report, based on field and collection studies, we present the first synthesis on the primate species living in the four main islands (Marajó, Gurupá, Mexiana and Caviana) of the Amazon estuary. Seven taxa (six cebids and one callitrichid) were recorded, which represent roughly 50 % of the extant primate species found on the continent. We used the Parsimony Analysis of Endemicity (PAE) to establish historical relationships among these four islands and the continental banks. Only one most parsimonious cladogram was found. It shows that : (a) the islands and the continents were once united; (b) the fragmentation of this ancient region occurred from the Atlantic Ocean towards the mainland. We suggest that this pattern of biogeographical relationships can be associated with the last major change in sea level during the Late Pleistocene-Holocene.
AB - In this report, based on field and collection studies, we present the first synthesis on the primate species living in the four main islands (Marajó, Gurupá, Mexiana and Caviana) of the Amazon estuary. Seven taxa (six cebids and one callitrichid) were recorded, which represent roughly 50 % of the extant primate species found on the continent. We used the Parsimony Analysis of Endemicity (PAE) to establish historical relationships among these four islands and the continental banks. Only one most parsimonious cladogram was found. It shows that : (a) the islands and the continents were once united; (b) the fragmentation of this ancient region occurred from the Atlantic Ocean towards the mainland. We suggest that this pattern of biogeographical relationships can be associated with the last major change in sea level during the Late Pleistocene-Holocene.
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U2 - 10.1515/mamm.1995.59.2.213
DO - 10.1515/mamm.1995.59.2.213
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0028877486
VL - 59
SP - 213
EP - 222
JO - Mammalia
JF - Mammalia
SN - 0025-1461
IS - 2
ER -