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Saimiri


Saimiri
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Copyright: christophe kenny (Seiei) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 24 W: 0 N: 30] (121)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-04-08
Categories: Mammals
Exposure: f/5.0, 1/160 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-05-10 15:22
Viewed: 872
Points: 2
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French]
Saimiri sciureus, the squirrel monkey is a South American or New World monkey. South American monkeys or platyrrhines comprise one of the two infraorders (Platyrrhini and Catarrhini) of anthropoid primates. They live exclusively in South and Central America, but their fossil distribution includes the Greater Antilles (MacPhee and Horovitz, 2002). The fossil record of platyrrhines extends back to the Deseadan or late Oligocene of Bolivia where they are represented by the genus Branisella (Takai and Anaya, 1996). Their presence in the New World is generally considered to be the result of a single dispersal event (Fleagle, 1999) near the end of the Eocene from the Old World, where all known basal anthropoids are found (Beard, 2002). Because South America was not connected with North America or Africa at the time, this dispersal must have involved rafting across some portion of the Atlantic.

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-05-16 14:59]

Hello Christophe

I really like the composition and use of lighting on this shot.The contrast is well done.Very good detail in the eyes with good catch light.Very nice natural colours.TFS

Rob

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