Date of Award
5-2019
Document Type
Thesis
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Degree Program
Biology
Degree Name
Master of Science
Thesis Advisor
Janice Chism
Committee Member
William Rogers
Committee Member
Janis Gonzalez-Martinez
Keywords
Puerto Rico, Patas monkeys, Introduced primate populations, Introduced species, Primate habitat use
Abstract
The southwest portion of Puerto Rico is home to introduced free-ranging populations of patas (Erythrocebus patas) and rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) monkeys. The rhesus macaque population originated from a colony established in 1961 on the islands of Guayacán and Cuevas off the southwest coast of Puerto Rico as part of the La Parguera Primate Research Center, which was administered by the Caribbean Primate Research Center. The descendants of these escapees have established free-ranging introduced monkey populations in mainland southwest Puerto Rico and the only previous study done on their ecology was conducted from 1990 to 1993 by González- Martínez (1995). Since that study, these populations had not been surveyed to determine their status and detect changes, if any, in their ecology and population biology. I carried out a reassessment of patas monkeys in southwest Puerto Rico.
Recommended Citation
Massanet, Magaly, "The Abundance, Geographical Distribution and Habitat Use of an Introduced Patas Monkey (Erythrocebus patas) Population in Southwest Puerto Rico" (2019). Graduate Theses. 105.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/graduatetheses/105
