Rhesus Macaque

animals even hunt one another. However, there are more advanced examples of resource warfare in the animal kingdom. Macaque monkeys, who largely reside in Asia and the Middle East, live in tribes that have an inner hierarchy, similar to some human tribal societies. Oftentimes, if one macaque tribe finds an area that would be beneficial to inhabit, with plentiful food sources, but another macaque tribe is already inhabiting the area, the two tribes will then engage in a turf war in which one

The animal I have chosen to study is the Japanese macaque, more commonly known as the Japanese snow monkey. Sir David Attenborough recently described the macaque as “one of the most successful and versatile of all primates”, commending its capacity to be “versatile, resilient, enterprising, tough and capable of surviving in extreme conditions”. This essay will continue by examining the Japanese macaque in a number of ways. Firstly, I will describe the physical characteristics of the animal, paying

extinct in the wild. The IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) is one of the main resources for the categorization of these species. The Genus name is Macaca silenus and it is a part of the endangered species category. This lion tailed macaque is endangered because of deforestation of their habitat. It is estimated that there are less than one thousand individuals remaining in their habitats in India. During the last few decades there has been a dramatic decrease. This species has declined

snoops are born recognizing the warning signals of different creatures; others, such as bonnet macaques, have to learn. These monkeys of southern India often pal around with langur monkeys. Langurs are good lookouts, and macaques will quickly scramble up a tree when they overhear a langur warning cry—as long as the macaques have learned the correct langur language. Scientists say bonnet macaques at one animal reserve[9] respond to recorded Nilgiri langur alarm shrieks but are slower to

24 hours were successfully performed in all rhesus macaques enrolled to the present study. HR, ECG patterns, the frequency and complexity of arrhythmias, and HRV parameters obtained from the 10 second 6-lead ECG and 24-hour Holter monitoring were compared between the rhesus macaques with and without LVH. In the standard 10 seconds 6-lead ECG, the duration of a QRS complex was significantly longer in rhesus macaques with LVH compared to control macaques, but no other ECG patterns were significantly

examination of the LVH-affected rhesus macaques revealed the similar characteristics shared between HCM in humans and LVH in rhesus macaques. Plasma Troponin I concentration was measured in some of the LVH-affected and normal rhesus macaques, and the study failed to show the association between an elevation of Troponin I concentration and the presence of LVH. However, no study has been performed to compare the plasma concentration of NT-proBNP in the rhesus macaques with LVH and controls. The purpose

systems and pharmacological assessment. A few previous studies reported echocardiographic parameters of adult and geriatric rhesus macaques. However, the reference intervals established in these study does not have sufficient power due to small sample sizes. The availability of reference intervals for echocardiographic parameters in a large population of adult rhesus macaques is fundamental to assess their cardiovascular conditions and abnormalities. Decisions in regard with medical, interventional

Whitehead and Larson 1994). Compared to Cercopithecids, including rhesus macaques, however, squirrel monkeys possess an increasingly mobile proximal humerus joint, for they must create torque and movement around limited support axes (Nakatsukasa 1994; Schmidt 2005:366). The articular proportions between species (see Appendix IV), however, do not initially appear to reflect that difference in shoulder mobility, for the rhesus macaque specimens possess a greater mass / humeral head surface area compared

Three animal model mice, camel and rhesus masques were vaccinated with a synthetic DNA vaccine encoding the MERS spike protein. The vaccine had induced potent cellular immunity and neutralizing antibodies against Spike protein in all animal models. However, rhesus masques seroconverted rapidly after only single immunization and thery demonstrate high levels of neutralizing antibodies. To assess protective immunity of the MERS-COV vaccine, vaccinated rhesus masques was challenged with MERS-COV infection

Disease in all reptiles. This is different from Rhesus Macaques, who have bowed tibia, fibula, ladius and ulna. They have enlarged bone structures and have trouble moving (Wolfensohn, 2003). This