Distribution and forest utilization of Saguinus and other primates of the Pando Department, Northern Bolivia

Citation

Buchanan-Smith HM, Hardie S, Caceres C & Prescott MJ (2000) Distribution and forest utilization of Saguinus and other primates of the Pando Department, Northern Bolivia. International Journal of Primatology, 21 (3), pp. 353-379. https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1005483601403

Abstract
We carried out a 4-month census of primates in the Pando Department of northern Bolivia with special emphasis on Saguinus species. Contrary to a previous report by Izawa and Bejarano (1981), there was no evidence for the presence of the two populations of Saguinus mystax that they reported, or that Lagothrix occurs in the Pando. In addition, we found the distribution of Saguinus imperator to be more restricted than they suggested. We confirm the presence of Cebuella south of the Rıo Tahuamanu (cf. Brown and Rumiz, 1986) and report two new locations for Callimico goeldii. We present data on group sizes, habitat utilization, and locomotor behavior of the primates and compare them with previous studies in the Pando. Differences in body size, diet, foraging techniques, and vertical use of the forest appear to be key factors in both sympatry and in the formation of polyspecific associations.

Keywords
Callimico; tamarins; polyspecific associations; vertical stratification; locomotion; geographic distributions

Journal
International Journal of Primatology: Volume 21, Issue 3

People

Professor Hannah Buchanan-Smith

Professor, Psychology