Оңтүстік Америка Жүнды Маймылының Поеппиг Төрі (Оңтүстік Америка Жүнды Маймылының Поеппиг Төрі)

Subspecies of New World monkey

The silvery woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagothricha poeppigii), also known as Poeppig's woolly monkey or the red woolly monkey, is a subspecies of the common woolly monkey from South America. Named after the German zoologist Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, it is found in Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.

It was initially thought to be a subspecies of the common woolly monkey (L. lagothricha), but was later reclassified as its own species. However, a 2014 phylogenetic study found it to in fact be a subspecies of L. lagothricha; the results of this study have been followed by the American Society of Mammalogists and the IUCN Red List.

Silvery woolly monkeys are habituated across the Amazonia, and are found in mature closed canopy rainforest.

Traditionally, silvery woolly monkeys have a male philopatry and female biased dispersal. However, recent analysis of genetic data in L. poeppigii suggests that female biased dispersal may not be strictly followed; both sexes are found to be dispersing. Genetic data and behavioural observations indicate that both sexes may disperse both before and after sexual maturity. However, females typically leave their natal groups to mate. Male biased dispersal happens to avoid inbreeding and to gain better reproductive opportunities.

Silvery woolly monkeys spend less time resting in comparison to other ateline primates. In addition, woolly monkeys spend a relatively small portion of their activity budget socializing. Socializing accounts for 8% to 9% of their activity budget. Woolly monkeys have an extremely low male on male aggression rate.

Silvery woolly monkeys are considered infants until around 6 months. Silvery woolly monkeys are locomotory independent at 2 years, and typically become socially independent after 3 years.

Silvery woolly monkeys spend a majority of their day on subsistence activity; consuming plants and foraging for animal prey. Silvery woolly monkey’s diet consists of 64% 89% fruit; either ripe or nearly ripe. Silvery woolly monkeys will spit out the seeds of fruits to solely eat the flesh. Around 17% of their time is spent foraging, foraging usually occurs in large groups.