Portal:Primates/Nominate/Did you know

Adding DYKs[edit]

To suggest DYKs, paste them below. If possible, please provide the date they were on the main page to verify or provide a source if the fact was picked from an article.

Suggestions[edit]

... that Agile Mangabeys are known to contract the T-cell leukemia virus, similar to the leukemia virus that infects humans? July 15, 2008 Done

... that the birth rates of the Southern Woolly Lemur are affected by the degradation level of their habitat? June 28, 2008 Done

... that a subspecies of Black Lemur (pictured) is the only primate other than humans to have blue eyes? August 5, 2008 (although some recent taxonomoly updates may make this one outdated) Moved down to discussion

... that in addition to insects, the diet of the Common Brown Lemur (pictured) includes soil and red clay? August 9, 2008 Done

.. that although male Kashmir Gray Langurs are usually protective of infants, they sometimes engage in infanticide? August 9, 2008 Done

... that Geoffroy's Spider Monkey (pictured) has a prehensile tail that can support its entire body weight? Sep. 3, 2008 Done

... that the monkey "Marcel" on the TV sitcom Friends was a White-headed Capuchin? Sep. 9, 2008 Done

... that a Mantled Howler's (pictured) calls can be heard for several kilometers? Sep. 10, 2008
... that in 2008, the IUCN revised the conservation status of the Central American Squirrel Monkey (pictured) from endangered to the lesser risk status of vulnerable? Oct. 26, 2008

... that the Guatemalan Black Howler and Mantled Howler monkeys are sympatric over parts of Mexico and Guatemala? Nov. 6, 2008 Done

... that the Pied Tamarin, an endangered primate of the Amazon basin, is being gradually displaced by the Red-handed Tamarin? Nov. 29, 2008 Done

... that the Panamanian Night Monkey (pictured) is one of the few monogamous monkey species? Dec. 3, 2008

... that the Grey-crowned Central American Squirrel Monkey (pictured) and Black-crowned Central American Squirrel Monkey are both endangered due to small, fragmented ranges and habitat loss? Dec. 22, 2008

... that Geoffroy's Tamarin ([[:|pictured]]) engages in both polyandrous and polygynous mating? Dec. 29, 2008

... that the Gray-handed Night Monkey is nocturnal and monogamous? Dec. 31, 2008 Done

... that Corcovado National Park is the only national park in which all of Costa Rica's four native monkey species can be found? Feb. 24, 2009 Done

... that Geoffroy's Spider Monkey (pictured) is the only Central American monkey species that occurs in all seven Central American countries? March 5, 2009

... that the Black-headed Spider Monkey (pictured), a New World monkey, is estimated to have declined by more than 80% over the past 45 years due to human encroachment on its habitat? March 7, 2009

... that members of the Kasakela chimpanzee community were the first non-human animals observed making tools? March 13, 2009

... that the marmoset genus Mico (Mico argentatus pictured) was formerly considered a subgenus of Callithrix? June 8, 2009

... that knuckle-walking (pictured) is done not only by chimpanzees, bonobos and gorillas but also giant anteaters and platypuses? Sep. 4, 2009

... that the range of the Central American Squirrel Monkey (pictured) within Panama has been reduced, and no longer includes its type locality of David? Sep. 13, 2009

...the brains of spider monkeys weigh twice as much as the brains of howler monkeys of equal size? Mar. 25, 2004

...that lemurs exhibit female social dominance? →5 April 2010

... that lemurs are primates that evolved and diversified on the island of Madagascar after arriving there at least 56 million years ago on a raft of vegetation? →7 April 2010

... that the newly described Caquetá Titi may have a total adult population of less than 250 monkeys? July 27, 2010

... that all of the surviving individuals of the species listed in the The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates, which include the Silky Sifaka (Propithecus candidus), could fit into a single football stadium? - August 18, 2010

... that in 2010, the Western Purple-faced Langur and the Niger Delta Red Colobus were both included among The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates? - August 18, 2010

... that the newly described monkey, Rondon's Marmoset, was named in honor of Amazonian explorer Cândido Rondon? - September 21, 2010

Discussion[edit]

... that a subspecies of Black Lemur (pictured) is the only primate other than humans to have blue eyes? August 5, 2008 (although some recent taxonomoly updates may make this one outdated)

I think a source should go along with this one. If outdated, the article should specify the formal theory so that we can change this DYK to "... that a subspecies of Black Lemur was formerly the only primate other than humans to have blue eyes, but new studies indicate that... blah blah" or something similar. What do you think? Zoo Fari 21:41, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

The issue is that the recent Mittermeier, et al paper elevated the subspecies in question, Sclater's Lemur, to a separate species. And we have updated the Black Lemur and Sclater's Lemur articles according to that paper. So maybe just revise this to:

... that Sclater's Lemur (pictured) is the only primate other than humans to have blue eyes? August 5, 2008