Hello Julio,

A former classmate of mine at Washington University, David Bergeson, did his doctoral dissertation on "The positional behavior and prehensile tail use of Alouatta palliata, Ateles geoffroyi, and Cebus capucinus (1996)". He also had a chapter in the 1998 edited volume "Primate Locomotion:Recent Advances" (Strasser, E., Fleagle, J., Rosenberger, A.L., McHenry, H., Eds.), Springer, entitled: "Patterns of Suspensory Feeding in Alouatta palliata, Ateles geoffroyi, and Cebus capucinus" (pp 45-60). You can access the abstract and chapter preview, as well as David's list of references at: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4899-0092-0_3 .

In particular, his reference list includes the following source that sounds like it would be of use to you:

Lemelin P (1995) Comparative and functional myology of the prehensile tail in New World monkeys. J. Morph. 224:1–18.

Hope this proves of use!

Cheers,

Ian

Dear Ian,

Thank you very much for your answer. Lemelin's paper sounds exactly what I'm looking for.

I met David Bergeson at UIUC in mid-1990's.

All best wishes,

Júlio César

Hi Bicca,

not sure if the article by Rosemberg (Tale of tails: parallelism and prehensility) or the papers by Theodore Grand, from the 70's could be of any use.

Best,

Rogério.

Dear Rogério,

Thanks for your suggestions. I'll check these sources.

All best wishes,

Júlio César

Hi Julio,

German-US primatologist Friderun Ankel (author of Primate Anatomy by Academic Press) has worked on the anatomy of the platyrrhine tail in the 60s. Unfortunately (for non.Germans),  all or most of her work is in German. If you have someone to help you with translation, I could try to get PDF files from our university library. Best, Eckhard

Hi Eckhard,

Thanks for your reply and willingness to help. I have friends who can help with the translation from German. So, please send me the PDFs.

All best wishes,

Júlio César

Hi Julio,

You may find anything interesting in the pertinent volume of "Primates: Comparative Anatomy and Taxonomy", by Osman Hill. They are amazing volumes of the complete understanding of primates, including cell and tissues, muscles, organs, systems, endocrinilogy, taxonomy and even ecology. A complete compendium..

If you do not find it near you, let-me know.

Best wishes,

Raone.

Dear Raone,

Thanks for your message.

I have Hill's book and, surprisingly, the description of this anatomical aspect is very superficial. Fortunately, the references suggested by the other colleagues have already fulfilled my needs.

All best wishes,

Júlio César

Oi Julio Cesar,

There is a classic paper by the German anatomist Friderun Ankel-Simons (the wife of Elwyn Simons). I found the link, here it is:

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00408511#page-1

I guess you can download it via the UIUC library. The only detail, the text is in German...

Abracos, BU

Dear Bernardo,

Thanks for your reply and information.

Eckhard had already called my attention to her work.

All best wishes,

Júlio César