Field methods for capture and measurement of three monkey species in Costa Rica.
Abstract
A total of 54 free-ranging monkeys were captured and marked in Santa Rosa National
Park, Costa Rica, during May 1985, and an additional 17 were captured during March
1986. The animals were darted using a blowpipe or a CO2 gun. The drugs used were Ketaset,
Sernylan and Telazol. Ketaset was effective for Cebus capucinus but unsuccessful for
Alouatta palliata and Ateles geoffroyi. Sernylan was successful for A. geoffroyi and
A. palliata but is no longer commercially available. Telazol proved to be an excellent
alternative capture drug for both A. palliata and A. geoffroyi.
Type
Journal articleSubject
AlouattaAnesthetics
Animals
Behavior, Animal
Body Weight
Cebidae
Cebus
Costa Rica
Drug Combinations
Female
Immobilization
Ketamine
Male
Phencyclidine
Sex Characteristics
Testis
Tiletamine
Zolazepam
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Kenneth Earl Glander
Professor Emeritus of Evolutionary Anthropology
Primate ecology and social organization: the interaction between feeding patterns
and social structure; evolutionary development of optimal group size and composition;
factors affecting short and long-term demographic changes in stable groups; primate
use of regenerating forests.
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