Vertebral morphometry of the Caquetá Tití Monkey (Plecturocebus caquetensis)
Plecturocebus caquetensis, is a primate belonging to the family Pitheciidae that is located in Caquetá and Cauca regions of Colombia. It presents a high risk of threat and has been little studied, so to contribute to the knowledge of this species, several studies of its anatomy have been carried out, from which studies such as this one, focused on functional morphometry, derive. For this reason, the vertebrae of three juvenile female specimens from the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and the Museo de Historia Natural of the Universidad de la Amazonia were studied, obtaining different morphometric variables analyzed through the use of the Infostat® software, for a total of 156 structures evaluated, corresponding to 20 cervical, 52 thoracic, 21 lumbar, and 63 caudal vertebrae. The study generates information on the relationship between morphometric characteristics and the ability to adapt to certain habitats or incompatibility that may exist with the anatomical characteristics of the specimens.
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