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Color discrimination in the tufted capuchin monkey, Sapajus spp.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Goulart Paulo Roney Kilpp, Bonci Daniela Maria Oliveira, Galvão Olavo de Faria, Silveira Luiz Carlos de Lima, Ventura Dora Fix
Abstract excerpt
The present study evaluated the efficacy of an adapted version of the Mollon-Reffin test for the behavioral investigation of color vision in capuchin monkeys. Ten tufted capuchin monkeys (Sapajus spp., formerly referred to as Cebus apella) had their DNA analyzed and were characterized as the following: one trichromat female, seven deuteranope dichromats (six males and one female), and two protanope males, one of...
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