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Colobine Monkeys: Their Ecology, Behaviour and Evolution

Colobine Monkeys: Their Ecology, Behaviour and Evolution

Davies, Glyn
Davies, Glyn Ed
Oates, John

Hardcover

BiologyZoology

ISBN10: 0521331536
ISBN13: 9780521331531
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Nov 24 1994
Pages: 432
Weight: 1.77
Height: 1.13 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Colobine monkeys have a unique digestive system that allows them to exploit foliage as a food source. This gives them a niche in Old World forests where they are often the only abundant medium-sized arboreal folivorous mammal. From a possible Miocene origin, colobine monkeys have radiated into a wide variety of forms inhabiting a range of tropical woodlands in Africa and Asia. The central theme of this work is adaptive radiation, showing how the special features of colobine anatomy interacted with a range of ecosystems to produce the distinctive species of today. Most of the extant species have been subject to long-term field studies, but until this book, no synthesis of work on this group has been available. The book discusses parallels with other mammalian groups.

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