NHP biology

Question 1

Definition: primate

Answer 1

Unguiculate, claviculate, placental mammal with orbits encircled by bone; three kinds of teeth at least at one time of life; brain always with a posterior lobe and a calcarine fissure; the innermost digits of at least one pair of extremities opposable; hallux with a flat nail or none; a well-marked cecum; penis pendulous; testes scrotal; always two pectoral mammae

Question 2

Neotropical primate

Answer 2

NWM, primates indigenous to the Americas

Question 3

Prosimian

Answer 3

All taxa within suborders Strepsirrhini and Haplorrhini (lemurs, tarsirs) - “before monkeys”

Question 4

Simian

Answer 4

Monkeys and apes

Question 5

Tarsier

Answer 5

Primate of the genus Tarsius - noctural, large eyes and mobile ears, toilet claws, two part madible
Lack naked rhinarium and dental comb
Upright incisors and dry, furry nose

Question 6

Lesser ape

Answer 6

Members of the family Hylobatideae (gibbons, siamangs)

Almost entirely arboreal, true brachiators, lack external tail

Question 7

Callitrichinae

Answer 7

Small, (2/2, 1/1, 3/3, 2/2, claws or facula instead of nails, little to no sexual dimorphism, high frequency of twinning; specialized nail on the first digit of each foot, the hallux, which is opposable

Question 8

Scent glands - callitrichinae

Answer 8

Circumgenital glands - well-developed sebaceous glands overlying enlarged apocrine glands that cover the labia majora and pudendum in female and scrotum in male

Sternal glands - predominantly apocrine glands located on anterior chest

Question 9

Callitrichinae subfamily

Answer 9

Callithrix, Mico, Cebuella, Callibella, Sanguinus, Lentopithecus, Callimico

Question 10

Callitrichinae reproduction

Answer 10

Nonbreeding females do not ovulate in presence of dominant female
Ovarian cycle - 28d
Marked rise in plasma progesterone within 1 day postovulation
Blood chimerism - twins
No freemartinism - converts androgens to estrone
Nonseasonal

Question 11

Callitrichid nest box

Answer 11

Sanitized every other week

Question 12

Owl monkey repro

Answer 12

No change in external genitalia or predictable changes in vaginal cornification
15-18d estrous cycle
Remain receptive to males throughout cycle
No postpartum estrus
No seasonal breeding
Ventrolateral clinging until 3-4 weeks

Question 13

S. sciureus

Answer 13

Common squirrel monkey

Question 14

S. s. sciureus

Answer 14

Guyanese squirrel monkey, patch of pigmented hairs within the patch of whitish hair above each eye resembling eyebrowns

Question 15

S. s. macrodon

Answer 15

Ecuadorian squirrel monkey

Question 16

S. s. cassiquiarensis

Answer 16

Humbolt’s squirrel monkey

Question 17

S. s. alibigena

Answer 17

Colombian squirrel monkey

Question 18

S. collinsi

Answer 18

Collin’s squirrel monkey

Question 19

S. b. boliviensis

Answer 19

Bolivian sm

Question 20

S. b. peruviensis

Answer 20

Peruvian squirrel monkey

Question 21

S. ustus

Answer 21

Golden-backed squirrel monkey

Question 22

S. oerstedii

Answer 22

Black-crowned Central American sm

Question 23

M. sylvanus

Answer 23

Barbary macaque

Question 24

M. nemestrina

Answer 24

Pig-tailed macaque

Question 25

M. leonina

Answer 25

Northern pig-tailed macaque

Question 26

M. silenus

Answer 26

Lion-tailed macaque, CITES I

Question 27

M. pagensis

Answer 27

Pagai Island macaque

Question 28

M. maura

Answer 28

Moor macaque

Question 29

M. ochreata

Answer 29

Booted macaque

Question 30

M. tonkeana

Answer 30

Tonkean macaque

Question 31

M. hecki

Answer 31

Heck's macaque

Question 32

M. nigrescens

Answer 32

Gonrontalo macaque

Question 33

M. nigra

Answer 33

Celebese crested macaque

Question 34

M. arctoides

Answer 34

Stump-tailed macaque

Question 35

M. cyclopis

Answer 35

Formosoan rock macaque

Question 36

M. fuscata

Answer 36

Japanese macaque

Question 37

M. radiata

Answer 37

Bonnet macaque

Question 38

Recommended temp range for NHP

Answer 38

64-84

Question 39

Papio anubis

Answer 39

Olive baboon

Question 40

Papio cyanocephalus

Answer 40

Yellow baboon

Question 41

Papio ursinus

Answer 41

Chacma baboon

Question 42

Recommendations on the Use of Chimps in NIH supported Research

Answer 42

Housed in social groups of no less than 7 individuals with at least 20 feet of available vertical space Must be housed at a maximum density of 250ft2 per animal

Question 43

BSL4 NHP agents

Answer 43

Marburg, Ebola

Question 44

BSL3 NHP agents

Answer 44

Yellow fever, EEE, VEE, WEE, HPAI, TB if known,

Question 45

Most frequent isolates of Salmonella

Answer 45

S. typhimurium, S. cholerasuis, S. anatum, S. stanley, S. derby, S. oranienburg