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DNA analysis indicates that the species is a type of titi monkey, sister to the recently recognized northern South American genus Cheracebus, that colonized Jamaica around 11 million years ago. This is younger than the oldest fossils of monkeys on Cuba, meaning that the Jamaican monkey has a separate origin from the other monkeys of the Greater ...
A 2018 DNA study of the Jamaican monkey suggested that it diverged from its closest relative Cheracebus around 11 Ma, during the Late Miocene, which is younger than the 18 Ma Paralouatta from Cuba, meaning that the Jamaican monkey has a separate origin from the rest of the Antillean monkeys, making the group polyphyletic. [2]
Cuba, Jamaica, and Barbuda Most recent remains at Drum Cave, Jamaica dated to 1900–1600 BCE. [35] Extinct due to deforestation, invasive animals, and loss of prey. [32] Hispaniolan giant barn owl: Tyto ostologa: Haiti and southern Dominican Republic A 1788 description of a call and feathers at Pic la Selle may refer to this species. There was ...
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Jamaica. Of the mammal species in Jamaica, one is endangered, four are vulnerable, and two are considered to be extinct. [1] The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
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The Caribbean Island of Jamaica was initially inhabited in approximately 600 AD or 650 AD by the Redware people, often associated with redware pottery. [1] [2] [3] By roughly 800 AD, a second wave of inhabitants occurred by the Arawak tribes, including the Tainos, prior to the arrival of Columbus in 1494. [1]
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 October 2024. Extinct species of monkey Hispaniola monkey Temporal range: Quaternary Conservation status Extinct (early 1500s) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorhini Infraorder: Simiiformes Family: Pitheciidae ...