ANTHROPOMETRIC STUDY OF THE AOTUS GRISEMEMBRA AND AOTUS TRIVIRGATUS

本研究的目的是建立人体测量参数， 评估圈养Aotus猴的正常生长， 在实验治疗动物的发展，并提供一个年龄 估计出生日期未知的灵长类动物。 人体测量和 定期收集牙齿数据， 达到成熟。 人体测量包括头部长度， 头宽、顶臀长、足长、手长、双转子 直径和总长度。 已经确定，重量在6 月之间的402和563克，大约一半的 成年人了 乳牙萌出模式与其他非人类 灵长类动物 据观察，增长率在一年后达到平台 六个月大的时候。 人体测量最相关的 双转子直径与年龄的增加密切相关。

The purpose of this study is to establish anthropometric parameters for assessing normal growth of Aotus monkeys in captivity, to assess alteration in the development of experimentally treated animals, and to provide an age estimation for primates with unknown birth dates. The anthropometric and dental data collections were made on a regular basis until the animals reached maturity. The anthropometric measurements entailed head length, head breadth, crown-rump length, foot length, hand length, bitrochanteric diameter and overall length. It has been determined that weights at six months were between 402 and 563 grams, approximately half that of the adults. Deciduous tooth eruption patterns are similar to other nonhuman primates. It has been observed that the growth rate plateaus at one year and six months of age. The anthropometric measurement correlating most closely with increasing age is the bitrochanteric diameter.