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Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) have been studied by primatologists since 1948, and considerable knowledge of the primate has been accumulated to elucidate the adaptation of the species over time and to distinct environments in Japan. The Japanese macaque is especially suited to intragenera and interpopulation comparative studies of behavior, physiology, and morphology, and to socioecology studies in general. This book, the most comprehensive ever published in English on Japanese macaques, is replete with contributions by leading researchers in field primatology. Highlighted are topics of intraspecific variations in the ecology and behaviors of the macaque. Such variations provide evidence of the ecological determinants on this species’ mating and social behaviors, along with evidence of cultural behavior. The book also addresses morphology, population genetics, recent habitat change, and conflicts with humans, and attests to the plasticity and complex adaptive system of macaque societies. The valuable information in this volume is recommended reading for researchers in primatology, anthropology, zoology, animal behavior, and conservation biology.

Japanese macaque. --- Monkeys. --- Japanese macaque --- Cercopithecinae --- Behavior --- Far East --- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms --- Asia --- Cercopithecidae --- Japan --- Behavior, Animal --- Macaca --- Catarrhini --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Geographic Locations --- Haplorhini --- Geographicals --- Primates --- Mammals --- Vertebrates --- Chordata --- Animals --- Eukaryota --- Organisms --- Zoology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Zoology - General --- Macaca fuscata --- Snow monkeys --- Life sciences. --- Conservation biology. --- Ecology. --- Zoology. --- Neurobiology. --- Life Sciences. --- Conservation Biology/Ecology. --- Macaques --- Ecology --- Nature conservation --- Neurosciences --- Biology --- Natural history --- Ecology . --- Balance of nature --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology

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Building on the foundation of two earlier volumes, The Baboon in Biomedical Research returns in an updated edition that presents the variety of uses and the importance of the baboon in biomedical research today. With contributions from leading researchers who use the baboon model, the new edition, edited by John L. VandeBerg, Suzette D. Tardif, and Sarah Williams-Blangero, provides a cogent introduction to this nonhuman primate model and serves as a valuable guide for researchers as well as laboratory animal veterinarians. The volume begins with a chapter on the baboon gene map, the first genetic linkage map developed for any nonhuman primate species. Subsequent chapters present the results of decades of research on basic biological characteristics of baboons: microbiology, reproductive biology, growth and development, behavior, and spontaneous pathology. The remaining chapters summarize the scientific contributions of baboons as models of human diseases or physiological or developmental characteristics, including neonatal lung disease, dental development, dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis, pregnancy, ingestive behaviors, infant nutrition, alcoholic liver disease, drug abuse, neuroimaging, epilepsy, and xenotransplantation. The baboon already has a 50-year history of significant contributions as a model for human states of health and disease. This volume highlights the exciting research that is currently being conducted with this animal model and suggests future directions for the baboon in biomedical research.

Animals, Laboratory. --- Baboons as laboratory animals. --- Papio. --- Baboons as laboratory animals --- Animal Population Groups --- Cercopithecinae --- Science --- Cercopithecidae --- Natural Science Disciplines --- Animals --- Research --- Animals, Laboratory --- Papio --- Eukaryota --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Catarrhini --- Haplorhini --- Organisms --- Primates --- Mammals --- Vertebrates --- Chordata --- Zoology --- Agriculture --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Animal Sciences --- Zoology - General --- Laboratory animals. --- Animals, Experimental --- Animals in research --- Experimental animals --- Lab animals --- Life sciences. --- Zoology. --- Animal physiology. --- Animal models in research. --- Anthropology. --- Life Sciences. --- Animal Models. --- Biomedicine general. --- Animal Physiology. --- Animal culture --- Laboratory organisms --- Working animals --- Animal experimentation --- Laboratory animals --- Medicine. --- Human beings --- Animal physiology --- Biology --- Anatomy --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Natural history --- Physiology --- Health Workforce --- Biomedicine, general. --- Biological models --- Primitive societies --- Social sciences

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The introduction of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) to Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico in 1938, and the subsequent development of the Caribbean Primate Research Center (CPRC) for behavioral and biomedical research, has generated an unparalleled resource for physical anthropology and other fields in the social, biological, and medical sciences. Bones, Genetics, and Behavior of Rhesus Macaques: Macaca Mulatta of Cayo  Santiago and  Beyond  highlights recent and ongoing research in physical anthropology, and reveals the numerous research opportunities that still exist at this unusual rhesus facility.

Bones. --- Caribbean Primate Research Center. --- Physical anthropology. --- Rhesus monkey -- Anatomy. --- Rhesus monkey -- Behavior. --- Rhesus monkey -- Behavior -- Puerto Rico -- Santiago Cay. --- Rhesus monkey -- Genetics. --- Rhesus monkey -- Puerto Rico -- Santiago Cay -- Anatomy. --- Rhesus monkey -- Puerto Rico -- Santiago Cay -- Genetics. --- Rhesus monkey --- Bones --- Physical anthropology --- West Indies --- Behavior --- Macaca --- Anthropology --- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms --- Caribbean Region --- Cercopithecinae --- Social Sciences --- Americas --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- Cercopithecidae --- Geographic Locations --- Catarrhini --- Haplorhini --- Geographicals --- Primates --- Mammals --- Vertebrates --- Chordata --- Animals --- Eukaryota --- Organisms --- Behavior, Animal --- Anthropology, Physical --- Macaca mulatta --- Puerto Rico --- Zoology --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Evolution --- Anatomy --- Genetics --- Rhesus monkey. --- Biological anthropology --- Somatology --- Cercopithecus mulatta --- Macacus rhesus --- Pithecus rhesus --- Rhesus macaque --- Life sciences. --- Behavioral sciences. --- Developmental biology. --- Evolutionary biology. --- Animal anatomy. --- Animal genetics. --- Anthropology. --- Life Sciences. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Developmental Biology. --- Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology. --- Behavioral Sciences. --- Animal Genetics and Genomics. --- Human biology --- Macaques --- Evolution (Biology). --- Morphology (Animals). --- Animal behavior. --- Animals, Habits and behavior of --- Ethology --- Animal psychology --- Ethologists --- Psychology, Comparative --- Animal morphology --- Body form in animals --- Morphology --- Development (Biology) --- Growth --- Ontogeny --- Human beings --- Animal evolution --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Animal anatomy --- Physiology --- University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus. --- Primitive societies --- Social sciences