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Protopithecus is an extinct genus of large New World monkey that lived during the Pleistocene. Fossils have been found in the Toca da Boa Vista cave of Brazil, as well as other locales in the country. [1] Fossils of another large, but less robust ateline monkey, Caipora, were also discovered in Toca da Boa Vista. [2]
Common woolly monkey, Lagothrix lagotricha; Yellow-tailed woolly monkey, Lagothrix flavicauda; Genus †Caipora †Caipora bambuiorum (Late Pleistocene) Genus †Protopithecus †Protopithecus brasiliensis (Late Pleistocene) Genus †Solimoea †Solimoea acrensis (Late Miocene) Subfamily Incertae sedis. Genus †Chilecebus
The Atelinae are a subfamily of New World monkeys in the family Atelidae, and includes the various spider and woolly monkeys. [2] The primary distinguishing feature of the atelines is their long prehensile tails, which can support their entire body weight.
The largest known New World monkey was Cartelles, which is studied as specimen of Protopithecus, weighing up to 34.27 kg (75.6 lb). Caipora bambuiorum is another large species, weighing up to 27.74 kg (61.2 lb). [225] The largest omomyids were Macrotarsius and Ourayia from the Middle Eocene. Both reached 1.5–2 kg (3.3–4.4 lb) in weight. [226]
Cartelles was a very large monkey, and is considered the largest member of its family to have ever existed, at a weight of up to 24 kg (53 lb). [2] Unlike most living New World Monkeys, Cartelles probably spent a good deal of its time on the ground, though it was also as proficient in arboreal locomotion as its smaller living relatives.
There are 54 currently recognized extant species of pitheciid monkey, grouped into two subfamilies and six genera. [1] [3] Eleven extinct genera known from the fossil record are placed in the family, extending the age of the family to the Miocene. [4] [5] Family Pitheciidae: titis, sakis and uakaris Subfamily Callicebinae, titis Genus Plecturocebus
Monkey breeder Jimmy Hammonds was ordered to pay a $90,000 fine to a fund operated by the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service and to serve eight months of his probation in home confinement.
Seiffert et al. (2010) note that Simons, the discoverer of Serapia originally placed it within the Parapithecidae, but in 2001 transferred Serapia to the Proteopithecidae, a view supported by Gunnell and Miller (2001), Beard (2002), and Seiffert et al. (2004 & 2005a). [2]