by Ashly Romero | Jun 4, 2019 | News, Peculiar Primates
Because we saw such an extremely large nose in the last Peculiar Primates feature, we thought you might enjoy the other end of the proboscis spectrum. This week: the snub-nosed monkey! There are currently ten known species of this type of monkey, all in the genus...
by Ashly Romero | Jan 25, 2019 | News, Peculiar Primates
New year, new monkey! We hope you’re all excited to learn about a Southeast Asian primate with an unusually large schnoz – the proboscis monkey (species name Nasalis larvatus)! Male proboscis monkeys have a bulbous nose (like Grumpy or Squidward) that is much bigger...
by Ashly Romero | Sep 27, 2018 | News, Peculiar Primates
Macaques, like humans, are wide-ranging primates that prosper in many different environments, and as a result, both macaques and humans have been described as “weed species” (1). Apart from choking out your garden and littering your sidewalk, both primate and...
by Ashly Romero | Aug 24, 2018 | News, Peculiar Primates
A new school year is starting in the US, so we’re hoping this month’s peculiar primate will help you get ready and excited to learn. As requested, this month’s post is about the pygmy marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea). This little one is the smallest monkey in the world,...
by Ashly Romero | Jul 25, 2018 | News, Peculiar Primates
This month’s primate certainly turns heads in the rainforests of South America. Let’s just say this species isn’t winning any beauty contests, not by our human standards, anyway. When looking at this primate, we find ourselves remembering a really bad sunburn. Think...
by Ashly Romero | Jun 11, 2018 | News, Peculiar Primates
Hello everyone, and welcome to the first post of Peculiar Primates! Our research at the University of Arkansas incorporates a lot of different primates, so we want to clue you in to some of the cool, weird, and awesome species that we study. Of course, we’ll cover the...
