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Phylogenetic Study of South American Monkeys

Research Project

Project/Area Number 05041091
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
SectionField Research
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

SETOGUCHI Takeshi  Kyoto University, Department of Geology and Mineralogy, 理学部, 教授 (20109086)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) COIMBRA Adelmar  Rio de Janeiro Primate Center, 所長
GOMEZ H.  コロンビア国立地質学鉱物学研究所, 副所長
KOBAYASHI Shuji  Japan Monkey Center, リサーチフェロー (50260154)
TAKAI Masanaru  Kyoto University, Primate Research Institute, 助手 (90252535)
GOMEZ Hernan  Colombian Institute of Geology and Mineralogy
SAMBRANO F.  コロンビア国立地質学, 鉱物学研究所, 主任研究員
名取 真人  日本大学, 松戸歯学部, 講師 (30189188)
Project Period (FY) 1993 – 1994
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1994)
Budget Amount *help
¥12,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1994: ¥5,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1993: ¥7,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,000,000)
KeywordsSouth American Monkeys / taxonomy / Alouatta / Saimiri / Callithrix / Cacajao / paleontology / geology / Colombia / comparative studies / リスザル / ブラニセラ
Research Abstract

The purpose of the present research is two-fold : First to get the basic data for the taxonomic relationships among the living South American Monkeys, especially Alouatta, Saimiri, Callithrix and Cacajao of which the direct ancient fossils were already discovered, by means of morphological methods, and second to get basic data for the phylogeny of the South American Monkeys by means of paleontological excavation of the Miocene primates and to gather the basic information about the absolute age and paleo-environment of which Miocene primates inhabited by means of geological methods.
The paleontological and geological researches will be done in the semidesert area in the Huila Department of Colombia, where we have already discovered fossil primates since 1979. The Comparative studies of living South American monkeys will be done in the several museums in Brasil, such as Primate Center of Rio de Janeiro, Natural History Museums of Beren and Manaus. The comparative studies between fossil and living South American monkeys will be done in the several universities in USA,for example, in University of Callifornia at Berkeley and Duke University.

Report

(2 results)
  • 1994 Final Research Report Summary
  • 1993 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1993-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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