NHP biology Flashcards

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Definition: primate

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Unguiculate, claviculate, placental mammal with orbits encircled by bone; three kinds of teeth at least at one time of life; brain always with a posterior lobe and a calcarine fissure; the innermost digits of at least one pair of extremities opposable; hallux with a flat nail or none; a well-marked cecum; penis pendulous; testes scrotal; always two pectoral mammae

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2
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Neotropical primate

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NWM, primates indigenous to the Americas

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3
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Prosimian

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All taxa within suborders Strepsirrhini and Haplorrhini (lemurs, tarsirs) - “before monkeys”

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4
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Simian

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Monkeys and apes

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5
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Tarsier

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Primate of the genus Tarsius - noctural, large eyes and mobile ears, toilet claws, two part madible
Lack naked rhinarium and dental comb
Upright incisors and dry, furry nose

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Lesser ape

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Members of the family Hylobatideae (gibbons, siamangs)

Almost entirely arboreal, true brachiators, lack external tail

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7
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Callitrichinae

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Small, (2/2, 1/1, 3/3, 2/2, claws or facula instead of nails, little to no sexual dimorphism, high frequency of twinning; specialized nail on the first digit of each foot, the hallux, which is opposable

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8
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Scent glands - callitrichinae

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Circumgenital glands - well-developed sebaceous glands overlying enlarged apocrine glands that cover the labia majora and pudendum in female and scrotum in male

Sternal glands - predominantly apocrine glands located on anterior chest

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9
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Callitrichinae subfamily

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Callithrix, Mico, Cebuella, Callibella, Sanguinus, Lentopithecus, Callimico

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Callitrichinae reproduction

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Nonbreeding females do not ovulate in presence of dominant female
Ovarian cycle - 28d
Marked rise in plasma progesterone within 1 day postovulation
Blood chimerism - twins
No freemartinism - converts androgens to estrone
Nonseasonal

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11
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Callitrichid nest box

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Sanitized every other week

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12
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Owl monkey repro

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No change in external genitalia or predictable changes in vaginal cornification
15-18d estrous cycle
Remain receptive to males throughout cycle
No postpartum estrus
No seasonal breeding
Ventrolateral clinging until 3-4 weeks

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13
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S. sciureus

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Common squirrel monkey

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S. s. sciureus

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Guyanese squirrel monkey, patch of pigmented hairs within the patch of whitish hair above each eye resembling eyebrowns

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15
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S. s. macrodon

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Ecuadorian squirrel monkey

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16
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S. s. cassiquiarensis

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Humbolt’s squirrel monkey

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17
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S. s. alibigena

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Colombian squirrel monkey

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18
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S. collinsi

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Collin’s squirrel monkey

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19
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S. b. boliviensis

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Bolivian sm

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S. b. peruviensis

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Peruvian squirrel monkey

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S. ustus

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Golden-backed squirrel monkey

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S. oerstedii

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Black-crowned Central American sm

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M. sylvanus

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Barbary macaque

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M. nemestrina

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Pig-tailed macaque

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M. leonina

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Northern pig-tailed macaque

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M. silenus

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Lion-tailed macaque, CITES I

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M. pagensis

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Pagai Island macaque

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M. maura

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Moor macaque

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M. ochreata

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Booted macaque

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M. tonkeana

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Tonkean macaque

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M. hecki

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Heck’s macaque

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M. nigrescens

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Gonrontalo macaque

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M. nigra

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Celebese crested macaque

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M. arctoides

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Stump-tailed macaque

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M. cyclopis

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Formosoan rock macaque

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M. fuscata

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Japanese macaque

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M. radiata

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Bonnet macaque

38
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Recommended temp range for NHP

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64-84

39
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Papio anubis

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Olive baboon

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Papio cyanocephalus

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Yellow baboon

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Papio ursinus

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Chacma baboon

42
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Recommendations on the Use of Chimps in NIH supported Research

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Housed in social groups of no less than 7 individuals with at least 20 feet of available vertical space
Must be housed at a maximum density of 250ft2 per animal

43
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BSL4 NHP agents

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Marburg, Ebola

44
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BSL3 NHP agents

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Yellow fever, EEE, VEE, WEE, HPAI, TB if known,

45
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Most frequent isolates of Salmonella

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S. typhimurium, S. cholerasuis, S. anatum, S. stanley, S. derby, S. oranienburg