Colobine Monkeys : Their Ecology, Behaviour and Evolution

Name: Colobine Monkeys
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521331531
Price: 17100 KES
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ISBN: 9780521331531

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 0521331536

ISBN-13 9780521331531

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Nov 24th, 1994

Print length 432 Pages

Weight 833 grams

Dimensions 22.90 x 15.20 x 2.90 cms

Product Classification: Zoology: primates (primatology)Primates

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Colobine monkeys show a number of distinctive features which have enabled them to use a wide variety of tropical forest habitats in Asia and Africa. This book discusses how and why these adaptations have evolved and draws parallels with other groups such as ruminants and South American primates.

Colobine monkeys have a unique digestive system, analogous to that of ruminants, which 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. 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 central theme is that of adaptive radiation, showing how the special features of Colobine anatomy interacted with a range of ecosystems to produce the distinctive species of today. The book also discusses parallels with other mammalian groups.

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