Rhesus Monkey
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The Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta), often called the Rhesus Monkey, is
one of the best known species of Old World monkeys. It is a typical macaque,
common throughout Afghanistan to northern India and southern China. Rhesus
Macaques are sexually dimorphic. Adult male Rhesus Macaques measure
approximately 53 centimeters on average and weigh an average of 7.7 kilograms.
Females are smaller, averaging 47 centimeters in length and 5.3 kilograms in
weight. They are brown or grey in color and have pink faces which are typically
bereft of fur. Their tails are of medium length and average between 20.7 and 22.9
centimeters. They typically have a lifespan of about 25 years.
Chimpanzees live in Africa in family groups and can live up to 50 years
An Orangutans life span is about 40-50 years.
Scientific Name: Macca mulatta
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primata
Body Temp.: 101 degrees F
Water Consumption: 400- 900 ml
Respiration Rate: 30 - 50 BPM
Weight:
Adult Male 6 - 11 kg
Adult Female 6 - 11 kg
Newborn 550 g
Gestation period: 150 - 175 days
Avg. Litter size: 1
Age at weaning: 12 - 27 months
Recommended Temperature 64.4-84.2 degrees F(18-29 degrees C)
Relative Humidity: 30-70%
Photo Period (light/dark): 12/12
Food Consumption: 400 - 600 g
Sexual Maturity:
Male 4 - 5 years
Female 4 - 5 years
Estrus Cycle: 28 days
Life Span: 20 - 30 years
Breeding Life:
Male 15 years
Female 15 years
* Housing Requirements: floor area/animal = 4.3 - 6 sq. ft., must have provision for
environmental enrichment
Problem areas & diseases: diarrhea (Salmonella, Shigella, Giardia, Entamoeba), respiratory
diseases, tuberculosis, herpes virus B, measles
Other: needs vitamin C, cheek pouches, sex skin
Animal Name
Baboon
Scientific Name:
Papio cyncephalus (yellow)
Papio anubis (olive)
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primata
Body Temp.: 36 - 39 degrees C
Water Consumption: ad lib
Respiration Rate: 29 BPM
Weight:
Adult Male 22 - 30 kg
Adult Female 11 - 15 kg
Newborn 870 - 945 g
Gestation period: 184 days
Avg. Litter size: 1
Age at weaning: 5 - 6 mo.
Recommended Temperature: 64.4-84.2 degrees F (18-29 degrees C)
Relative Humidity: 30 - 70%
Photo Period (light/dark): 12/12
Identification Methods: Tattoo - chest or thigh
Food Consumption:
Sexual Maturity:
Male 7 -15 years Female 7- 15 years
Estrus Cycle: 35.4 + 0.9 days
Life Span:
Breeding Life:
Male
Female
Anesthesia Methods: ketamine, methoxyflurane, halothane
Euthanasia Methods: OD sodium pentobarbital
Problem areas & disease : TB, protozoan parasites, bacterial enteritis, pneumonia
Other: Male twice as large as female
Animal Name
Squirrel Monkey
Scientific Name: Saimiri sciureus
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primata
Body Temp.: 39.6 degrees F
Water Consumption: 50-100 mg daily
Respiration Rate: 55 + 11 BPM
Food Consumption: 45 - 60 g
Weight:
Adult Male 750- 900 g
Adult Female 500- 800 g
Newborn 110 g
Estrus Cycle: 7 - 13 days
Sexual Maturity:
Male 2 - 4 years
Female 1.5 - 2 years
Gestation period: 150 days avg. (137 - 175)
Life Span: 15 - 20 years
Avg. Litter size: 1
Breeding Life:
Male 8 - 10 years
Female 8 - 12 years
Age at weaning: 4 - 6 months
Recommended Temperature: 64.4-84.2 degrees F (18-29 degrees C)
Identification Methods: Tattoo - chest or inside of thigh
Relative Humidity: 30 - 70%
Photo Period (light/dark): 12/12
* Housing Requirements: 3 sq. ft., environmental enrichment
Bleeding Methods: Veins: femoral or jugular
Anesthesia Methods: ketamine, pentobarbital, methoxyflurane, halothane
Euthanaia Methods: OD sodium pentobarbital
Problem areas & diseases: Dental disease, endoparasites, pneumonia, TB, diarrhea
Other: Vitamin D3 required, prehensile tail (long), nostrils open to front or sides
Primates are highly intelligent mammals with excellent eyesight and climbing skills.
There large brains make them quick learners and arguably the most intelligent members
of the animal kingdom. Almost all primates are tree-dwelling with grasping hands and
feet that are excellent for climbing. Although prosimians, monkeys and apes cannot talk
like humans, they do communicate using facial expressions, gestures, markings, scents
and sound to convey a wide range of information. There are over 233 species of
primates, which are divided into three groups: monkeys, apes, and prosimians (pre-
monkeys). Monkeys are split into two groups, New World Monkeys and Old World
Monkeys. The new world Monkeys live in the Americas and the Old World Monkeys live in
Africa and Asia. Apes are divided into lesser apes and greater apes. They reside in the
Old World. Prosimians an ancient line of primates, some unchanged for 70 million years,
reside in the Old World.
Below is a list that represents a portion of each primate species.
Monkeys Apes Prosimians
New World Lesser Apes Prosimians
Monkeys
Gibbon Lemur
Marmoset
Greater Aye-aye
Tamarin Apes
Loris
Capuchin Orangutan
Bushbaby
Squirrel Monkey Chimpanzee
Tarsier
Howler Gorilla
Spider Monkey
Old World
Monkeys
Baboon
Mandrill
Guenon
Colobus
New World Monkeys live in South Mexico to central South America. These monkeys are
tree-dwelling with the majority having prehensile tails that can grasp tree limbs and help
them climb. Prehensile tails are strong with sensitive tips and work like an extra hand.
Monkeys live in groups that travel about in search of food. New World Monkeys diets
include Fruits, Nuts, insects, lizards and small birds.
Old World Monkeys live in Asia and Africa. Most Old World Monkeys live in trees with
only a few being ground dwellers. They have a wide variety of diets and lifestyles. Many
having check pouches for holding food. Old World Monkeys are sometimes called true
monkeys being more closely related to apes and humans than the New World Monkeys.
Prosimians are primitive primates with smaller brains and bones that resemble the first
primates to evolve. They live in Asia and Africa. They are well adapted to the ecological
niches they live in.
Apes are found in Asia and Africa. The Gibbon, a lesser ape, and the Orangutan, a great
ape, live in Asia. The Gorilla and Chimpanzee, both great apes, live in Africa. Apes vary in
size from the 3-ft, 15-lb gibbon to the 6-ft, 450-lb gorilla. All apes are forest dwellers and
most spend some time in the trees. The gorilla and chimpanzee are the most terrestrial
walking on all fours by leaning on their knuckles. They can walk on two feet for a short
time. The skeleton of an ape is very similar to a human. Their hands are like ours except
with longer thumbs. Apes are highly intelligent with the ability to use tools, solve complex
problems, pass on information from one generation to another and even learn a language.
98% of the genetic material (DNA) of chimpanzees and humans is identical.
Orangutans are tree-dwellers and live in the rain forests of Borneo and Sumatra. Their
name means "person of the forest". Orangs are solitary, shy animals that spend most of
their time alone in the trees looking for ripe fruit trees. When they find a good food source
they do not announce it. They sit on their own until they have had their fill. An adult male
weighs about 150-lbs. This gentle red ape is the largest mammal living in the trees.
Orangs build nests in the treetops to sleep in. An Orangutans life span is about 40-50
years. They reach puberty at 8 years, but a female is not ready to have a baby until she is
in her teens. The Orang has the longest childhood dependence on the mother of any
animal in the world. Female orangutans only give birth every 8 years. The babies nurse
until they are 6 and may not leave the mother until they are teens. ORANGUTANS ARE
ONE OF THE MOST CRITICALLY ENDANGERED OF THE GREAT APES, DUE TO POACHING
AND HABITAT LOSS.
Gorillas live in Africa and are the largest primates. A full grown male can weigh up to
600-lbs. These gentle vegetarians spend most of their days eating. Gorillas eat fruit,
leaves, roots and stems of plants. They live in groups of up to 30 individuals with one
leader. The silverback, a mature male with silvery hair down his back. They live about 35
years in the wild. Females bear young about every four years. Gorillas rarely fight
preferring to use intimidation to scare off intruders. THE MOUNTAIN GORILLA IS THE
MOST ENDANGERED OF ALL THE APES WITH ITS NUMBERS ONLY IN THE HUNDREDS.
THIS GENTLE GIANT IS CLOSE TO EXTINCTION.
Chimpanzees live in Africa in family groups and can live up to 50 years. Full grown
chimps can reach 5 ft tall and weigh up to 150-lbs. They have an arm span of up to 9 feet
and are much stronger than humans. Chimps are omnivores; they eat fruit, nuts, leaves
eggs, bark, insects, birds and other small animals. Chimps are incredible smart and live in
a complex society, where they have developed complex tool use and the ability to adapt
to both forest and savanna regions. They work together to hunt other animals and have
been known to even wage war on their own kind. Chimpanzee society has a constantly
changing hierarchy. Chimps are very vocal and excitable with different personalities and
emotions. Mothers give birth every 3-8 years. The babies ride around on their mothers
back. LOSS OF HABIT IS THE SINGLE GREATEST THREAT TO NON-HUMAN PRIMATES.
Monkey
Monkeys
Crab-eating Macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorrhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
in part
Approximate worldwide distribution of monkeys.
Families
Cebidae
Aotidae
Pitheciidae
Atelidae
Cercopithecidae
A monkey is any member of either the New World monkeys or Old World
monkeys, two of the three groupings of simian primates, the third group being the
apes. The New World monkeys are classified within the parvorder Platyrrhini,
whereas the Old World monkeys (superfamily Cercopithecoidea) form part of the
parvorder Catarrhini, which also includes the apes. Thus, scientifically speaking,
monkeys do not form a "natural group", in that the Old World monkeys are
actually more closely related to the apes than they are to the New World species.
There are 264 known extant species of monkey. Because of their similarity to
monkeys, apes such as chimpanzees and gibbons are often called monkeys in
informal usage, though they are not monkeys. Conversely, due to its size (up to 1
m) the Mandrill is often thought to be an ape, but it is actually an Old World
monkey. Also, a few monkey species have the word "ape" in their common name.
Because they are not a single coherent group, monkeys do not have any
particular traits that they all share and are not shared with the remaining group of
simians, the apes.
