Antillothrix bernensis (Rimoli, 1977:8)
Hispaniolan monkey
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Saimiri bernensis Rimoli, 1977:8 (original combination)
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: c. 1850 BC
Distribution
Dominican Republic, Hispaniola
Biology
Hypodigm
Type locality: "entrance of Cueva de Berna, near Boca de Yuma (prov. La Altigracia, Dominican Republic)"
Specimens:
USNMM 254682
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Rimoli, R. (1977). Una nueva especie de monos (Cebidae: Saimirinae: Saimiri) de la Hispaniola. Cuad. de CENDIA, Univ. Aut. Santo Domingo 242: 5-14.
Other references:
Alcover, Josep Antoni et al. (1998). Mammal Species of the World: Additional Data on Insular Mammals. American Museum Novitates 3248, 29 pp., 1 table.
Beck, Robin M. D. et al. (2023). Total evidence phylogeny of platyrrhine primates and a comparison of undated and tip-dating approaches. Journal of Human Evolution 174: 103293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2022.103293
Borroto-Páez, Rafael, Mancina, Carlos A., Woods, Charles A. and Kilpatrick, C. William. (2012). Checklist: Updated Checklist of Endemic Terrestrial Mammals of the West Indies, pp. 389-415. In: Borroto-Páez, Rafael, Woods, Charles A. and Sergile, F. E. (eds.). Terrestrial Mammals of the West Indies: Contributions. Gainesville, Florida: Florida Museum of Natural History and Wacahoota Press. 482 pp.
Cooke, Siobhán B., Dávalos, Liliana M., Mychajliw, Alexis M. Turvey, Samuel T. and Upham, Nathan S. (2017). Anthropogenic Extinction Dominates Holocene Declines of West Indian Mammals. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 48: 301-327. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-110316-022754
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Halenar, Lauren B., Cooke, Siobhán B., Rosenberger, Alfred L. and Rímoli, Renato. (2017). New cranium of the endemic Caribbean platyrrhine, Antillothrix bernensis, from La Altagracia Province, Dominican Republic. Journal of Human Evolution 106: 133-153. [Abstract]
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R. D. E. MacPhee, Ines Horovitz, Oscar Arredondo, and Osvaldo Jimenez Vasquez. (1995). A New Genus for the Extinct Hispaniolan Monkey Saimiri bernensis Rimoli, 1977, with Notes on Its Systematic Position. American Museum Novitates, No. 3134.
Rosenberger, Alfred L. (1978). New species of Hispaniolan monkey: A comment. Anuario Cientifico. Universidad Cent. Este 3(3): 249-251.
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