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mur·i·qui

(mûr′ĭ-kē′)

n. pl. muriqui or mur·i·quis

Either of two species of large arboreal leaf-eating monkeys (Brachyteles arachnoides or B. hypoxanthus) found only in Brazil, having a long prehensile tail and thick fleecy fur. Also called woolly spider monkey.

[Portuguese buriqui, muriqui, from Tupí ^mbïrï′ki.]

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Some of South America's larger monkeys, such as howlers and muriquis, can grow to 50 times that heft.

World's Smallest Fossil Monkey in Amazon

Exploitation of Mabea fistulifera nectar by marmosets (Callitrix flaviceps) and muriquis (Brachyteles arachnoides) in south-east Brazil.

Chaco chachalaca (Ortalis canicollis, Wagler, 1830) feeding ecology in a gallery forest in the South Pantanal (Brazil)/Ecologia alimentar do aracua-do-pantanal (Ortalis canicollis) em uma floresta riparia no Pantanal Sul

She surmised that the group of male muriquis (small arboreal monkeys in South America) observed eating side by side, being affectionate in a backslapping, brotherly-hug sort of way, and not squabbling over food, were a desirable, but unlikely, example of how human males should be able to get along.

Are we really just animals?

Shimidt, por ejemplo, conto que en el pasado los monos muriquis (11) eran mas comunes y que aparecian tanto como los monos barbados (12): "hoy casi no hay mas monos, pero cuando uno comenzo, ellos corrian por la orilla del camino y nos arrojaban pedazos de tronco

Usos productivos y apropiacion de los recursos naturales en el espacio rural del municipio de Santa Maria de Jetiba (Es-Brasil)

The new study, which combines Strier's long-term behavioural studies of wild muriquis with new genetic assays obtained from their scat, is important because it can inform conservation practices for critically endangered primates.

Mother monkeys' presence help sons find right girl for mating

Lianas as a food resource for brown howlers (Alouatta guariba) and southern muriquis (Brachyteles arachnoides) in a forest fragment.

Tropical vine growth and the effects on forest succession: a review of the ecology and management of tropical climbing plants

Seasonal and social correlates of fecal testosterone and cortisol levels in wild male Muriquis (Brachyteles arachnoides).

Evaluacion de eventos reproductivos y estres fisiologico en vertebrados silvestres a partir de sus excretas: evolucion de una metodologia no invasiva

KEY SPECIES Golden-headed lion tamarins, maned Sloths, muriquis, red-billed currasows, jaguars, tapirs

Exploring ecoregions: if Earth were a giant jigsaw puzzle, one way to see its pieces could be as countries. But scientists also see the pieces as different ecological areas, or ecoregions

Among these are the muriquis (the two species in the genus Brachyteles), which are the New World's largest monkeys, and the diminutive lion tamarins (the four Leontopithecus species).

The Restoration of a Hotspot Begins. (Mata Atlantica: Endangered Biome)

Strier of Harvard University began monitoring a group of muriquis in one of the remaining pockets of Brazilian forest.

Mild and woolly monkeys

Based on number of items, we estimate that 16 individuals of primates (six capuchins, five howlers and five muriquis) were consumed by cats (Table 1).

High consumption of primates by pumas and ocelots in a remnant of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest/Alto consumo de primatas por oncas-pardas e jaguatiricas em um fragmento na Mata Atlantica no Brasil

"Muriquis are the only species in our sample in which males do not compete overtly with one another for access to mates," said co-author Karen Strier, an anthropologist at the University of Wisconsin who has studied muriquis since 1982.