金丝猴(Rhinopithecus)消化系统的主要特征

在疣猴科种类的消化系统研究中,Ayer（1948）对亚洲的长尾叶猴和Hill（1952）对非洲的橄榄疣猴作了较详细的研究。至于中国的金丝猴,除了本文作者（1983）对胃作了研究外,尚无其他报道。本文就金丝猴消化系统的主要特征报道于后,并与有关种类作了比较。     

趣闻

金丝猴名字的来历金丝猴属名为Rhinopithecus(即鼻猴),种名 rexellane 意为朝天。如果按意译出,应称为朝天鼻猴或仰鼻猴。金丝猴的这一特征完全不同于猴科中的其他猴类。这个有趣的名字并非贬意。据说十六世纪土耳其国王的宠妻苏雷曼鼻子就是朝天长的。汉语称金丝猴是因它的背毛远端呈金黄色而得名。     

金丝猴属物种高海拔适应遗传机制

正金丝猴属(Rhinopithecus)属于灵长目、猴科、疣猴亚科,是亚洲疣猴亚科中特化程度最高的一个类群。金丝猴属包括5个近缘物种:滇金丝猴(R.bieti)、怒江金丝猴(R.strykeri)、川金丝猴(R.roxellana)、黔金丝猴(R.brelichia)和越南金丝猴(R.avunculus)。所有物种均被列为红色物种名录濒危物种。除了重要保护生物学价值,金丝猴属物种还发展出以树叶为食的特化食性,而且占据了从低海拔到高海拔的生境类型(800~4500 m)。黔金丝猴和越南金丝猴     

滇金丝猴研究取得新进展

金丝猴为我国特有的珍稀灵长类动物,属于灵长目,猴超科,疣猴科,仰鼻猴属(或称金丝猴属),除越南金丝猴外,其余三种金丝猴,即川金丝猴、黔金丝猴和滇金丝猴,仅分布于我国。在产于我国的三种金丝猴中,由于滇金丝猴生活在滇西北和西藏芒康县一带海拔3200—4200米的人烟稀少的高寒峡谷山区,因此过去对它的了解甚少。 滇金丝猴初由法国人Soulie于1871年在云南发现并将皮张与骨骼标本送藏于巴黎博物馆,但到1879年才由Milne-Edwards正式报道。此后将近一百年动物学界不知其是否仍有存在,因也有人认为可能已经绝灭。1962年,中国科     

金丝猴(RHINOPITHECUS)肌肉系统某些特征的比较研究

本文对金丝猴与其他灵长类之间和三种金丝猴之间特征不同的56条肌作了比较研究。结果表明:三种金丝猴的肌肉系统存在一些差异。纠正了Patterson(1942)对一例川金丝猴的一些错误观察记录。在金丝猴属的肌学方面除与猴超科共有的大部分特征外,还具有与类人猿和人相似的特征。在猴类中,金丝猴的肌肉系统更多地与叶猴相似,其中一些特征较叶猴更为进化。从进化观点看,金丝猴的肌学特征似介于叶猴与类人猿之间,故它们比其他猴超科动物更为进化。     

举世稀有的滇金丝猴

1987年4月,我国首次在云南西北部维西县山区捕获到被认为绝迹的滇金丝猴.这是世界上迄今为止仅有的滇金丝猴活体标本. 素有“中国第二国宝”之称的金丝猴是滇金丝猴、川金丝猴和黔金丝猴的合称,属疣猴科、仰鼻猴属.分布在我国川、甘、陕、贵、滇及陕鄂交界的神农架.主要栖息在海拔3400-4000米的高寒林区.     

滇金丝猴(Rhinopithecus bieti)

滇金丝猴(Rhinopithecus bieti),又名黑白仰鼻猴,当地人称为“雪猴”。属灵长目(Primates),猴科(Cercopithecidae),金丝猴属(Rhinopithecus)。是我国特有珍稀濒危灵长类动物,保护级别Ⅰ级。世界自然保护联盟(IUCN)将其列为世界高度濒危物种。     

金丝猴解剖 川金丝猴和滇金丝猴的肤纹

本文为国内外首次报道的两种金丝猴肤纹的研究。观察的标本有6例:四川金丝猴3例,云南金丝猴也3例。分析结果表明,两种金丝猴掌面和跖面上的花纹与叶猴的相似,绝大多数为箕形纹,但与猕猴和长臂猿相比较,差别明显,指(趾)端的花纹为一般猴科所特有的原始窦状花纹,掌面都有三角1、2、5、8,而跖面都有3、9、12、13和16。然而,这两种金丝猴之间也有一定的差异。但由于观察的标本数量有限,尚不能完全代表该两种金丝猴种群所固有的肤纹特征的全貌。     

滇金丝猴和川金丝猴的面肌

本文是金丝猴面肌的首次记述。与疣猴亚科和猴亚科的任何种类相比,全丝猴面肌中最有趣的结构是存在着笑肌成分,虽然还未分化成一独立的肌。在全部猴科动物中,这是至今未被发现过的。文中还与其它种类,特别是叶猴作了比较。     

金丝猴(Rhinopithecus)的臂神经丛

本文为首次报导三种金丝猴的臂丛观察。结果表明:金丝猴的臂丛由C_((4)5)—Th_1神经根组成,并不包含多数猴科动物所具有的Th_2,属于前置型。和人类不同,金丝猴的臂丛虽结合为三干三索,但是代表后索的仅是两个神经袢,并且由神经袢直接发出肩胛下神经、腋神经和桡神经。金丝猴和疣猴一样都存在大圆肌神经;和叶猴一样都有两条胸前外侧神经,而且胸背神经都发自挠神经。其它神经与人类相似。     

Anatomical brain asymmetry in monkeys: frontal, temporoparietal, and limbic cortex in Macaca

Measurements evaluating possible cerebral hemispheric asymmetries were taken by hand on frontal, parietal, and temporal cortex on 60 formalin-fixed Macaca mulatta and Macaca fascicularis brain specimens. No statistically significant (P less than 0.05) right/left side differences in the mean length of four sulci in visual-processing areas of the cortex were found. The sulcus adjacent to the region cytoarchitecturally homologous to the motor speech area in the human brain did not show pronounced asymmetry. In both species, however, a small parietal lobe sulcus showed greater development on the left hemisphere than in the right. In measurements made using digital planimetry, right/left side differences in the area of the dorsal cingulate gyrus were not found. Behavioral evidence suggests that monkeys do not exhibit a consistent pattern of cerebral dominance for functions associated with most of these regions of the brain.     

藏北发现的大型猫科动物脑化石

本文主要报道采自西藏(Xizang)北部,伦波拉盆地南缘,色林错东南岸的一块大型猫科(Felidae)动物的脑化石。因为没有发现任何与其共生的哺乳动物化石,其时代只能依据猫科动物中虎豹属(Panthera)的生活时代,定为上新世至更新世(Pliocene-Pleistocene)。本文可能是中国哺乳动物脑化石的首次研究报道。     

Cortical gyrification and sulcal spans in early stage Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by an insidious onset of progressive cerebral atrophy and cognitive decline. Previous research suggests that cortical folding and sulcal width are associated with cognitive function in elderly individuals, and the aim of the present study was to investigate these morphological measures in patients with AD. The sample contained 161 participants, comprising 80 normal controls, 57 patients with very mild AD, and 24 patients with mild AD. From 3D T1-weighted brain scans, automated methods were used to calculate an index of global cortex gyrification and the width of five individual sulci: superior frontal, intra-parietal, superior temporal, central, and Sylvian fissure. We found that global cortex gyrification decreased with increasing severity of AD, and that the width of all individual sulci investigated other than the intra-parietal sulcus was greater in patients with mild AD than in controls. We also found that cognitive functioning, as assessed by Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores, decreased as global cortex gyrification decreased. MMSE scores also decreased in association with a widening of all individual sulci investigated other than the intra-parietal sulcus. The results suggest that abnormalities of global cortex gyrification and regional sulcal span are characteristic of patients with even very mild AD, and could thus facilitate the early diagnosis of this condition.     

中国现生六种非人灵长类和树鼩大脑两半球不对称性的比较研究

对中国现生六种灵长类动物：懒猴、猕猴、灰叶猴、川金丝猴、滇金丝猴、长臂猿以及与灵长类关系密切的树鼩的大脑两半球形态,功能的不对称性以及由此引起的行为不对称性进行了研究。结果表明：大脑两半球不对称现象均存在于上述几种动物中。因而,这种不对称性可能经历了一个长期演化历程。     

Identification of a derived dental trait in the papionini relative to other old world monkeys

Variation in the shape of teeth provides an immense amount of information about the evolutionary history and adaptive strategy of a mammalian lineage. Here, we explore variation in the expression of a purported molar lingual remnant (the interconulus) across the Old World Monkeys (Primates: Cercopithecidae) with the aim of elucidating a component of the adaptive radiation of this family. This radiation is characterized by a wide geographic range (Asia and Africa) as well as diverse dietary niches. While all of the cercopithecids are distinguished by their derived bilophodont molars, the colobines have evolved taller and more pointed cusps compared with the cercopithecines. We investigate whether the interconulus also correlates with phylogenetic affinity and/or dietary adaptation. We assess the frequency and range of interconulus expression in 522 specimens representing seven species of Old World Monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis, n = 78; Macaca fascicularis, n = 85; Macaca mulatta, n = 70; Papio hamadryas, n = 55; Colobus guereza, n = 76; Presbytis melalophos, n = 82; Presbytis rubicunda, n = 76). Results show that the interconulus has a significantly higher frequency and degree of expression in Tribe Papionini and exhibits ordered metameric variation with greatest expression in the third molars. Given the rarity of the interconulus in other closely related taxa, and its morphological distinction from the purportedly homologous features in other primates, we interpret the high degree of expression of the interconulus to be a trait derived in papionins that originated in the Miocene baboon/macaque ancestor. Am J Phys Anthropol, 155:422–429, 2014. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Comparative analyses of age- and sex-specific patterns of vocal behaviour in four species of Old World monkeys

Sound recordings and behavioural data were collected from four primate species of two genera (Macaca, Presbytis). Comparative analyses of structural and behavioural aspects of vocal communication revealed a high degree of intrageneric similarity but striking intergeneric differences. In the two macaque species (Macaca silenus, Macaca radiata), males and females shared the major part of the repertoire. In contrast, in the two langurs (Presbytis johnii, Presbytis entellus), many calls were exclusive to adult males. Striking differences between both species groups occurred with respect to age-specific patterns of vocal behaviour. The diversity of vocal behaviour was assessed from the number of different calls used and the proportion of each call in relation to total vocal output for a given age/sex class. In Macaca, diversity decreases with the age of the vocalizer, whereas in Presbytis the age of the vocalizer and the diversity of vocal behaviour are positively correlated. A comparison of the data of the two genera does not suggest any causal relationship between group composition (e.g. multi-male vs. one-male group) and communication system. Within each genus, interspecific differences in vocal behaviour can be explained by differences in social behaviour (e.g. group cohesion, intergroup relation, mating behaviour) and functional disparities. Possible factors responsible for the pronounced intergeneric differences in vocal behaviour between Macaca and Presbytis are discussed.     

Cortical neurons projecting to the posterior part of the superior temporal sulcus with particular reference to the posterior association area. An HRP study in the monkey

Corticocortical connections from the posterior association area to the posterior part of the superior temporal sulcal cortex (STs area) were studied in the monkey by means of retrograde axonal transport of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) or wheatgerm-agglutinin-conjugated HRP (WGA-HRP). After injecting 0.05-0.2 microliter of 50% HRP or 5% WGA-HRP into the STs area, labeled cells were examined in various cortical regions. The dorsal wall of the STs receives fibers mainly from the inferior parietal lobule (area 7) and superior temporal gyrus (area 22), whereas the ventral wall and floor part of the STs receive fibers from the posterior inferotemporal gyrus (area TEO) and prestriate cortex (areas 18 and 19). The deeper parts of the dorsal wall close to the floor region of the STs area also receive many fibers from the cortical walls surrounding the intraparietal, lunate and lateral sulci. Both the dorsal and ventral cortical walls of the intraparietal sulcus send fibers mainly to the deep dorsal wall of the STs. The ventral wall of the STs, on the other hand, receives fibers only from the ventral wall of the intraparietal sulcus. The medial surface of the prestriate cortex and the parahippocampal region send fibers to both walls of the STs. In the prestriate-STs projections originating from areas around the parieto-occipital sulcus, a topographic correlation is present; area 19 located anterior to the sulcus projects to the dorsal wall, whereas area 18 situated posterior to the sulcus projects to the ventral wall. Only the dorsal wall receives fibers from the cingulate (areas 23 and 24) and subparietal gyri (area 7). The deeper part of the dorsal wall and the ventral wall of the posterior STs area are interconnected with each other, while the upper part of the dorsal wall does not appear to receive fibers from the ventral wall.     

Paranasal pneumatization in extant and fossil Cercopithecoidea

Unlike most primates, extant cercopithecoids lack maxillary sinuses, which are pneumatic spaces in the facial skeleton lateral of the nasal cavity proper. Character state analysis of living cercopithecoids across well-supported topologies suggests that the sinus was lost at the origin of the superfamily, only to have evolved again convergently in extant macaques. Recent work has shown that a) the 'early loss' hypothesis is supported by the lack of any pneumatization in Victoriapithecus, a stem cercopithecoid, b) like extant macaques, the fossil cercopithecine Paradolichopithecus shows evidence of presence of the maxillary sinus (MS), and c) unlike extant colobines, the fossil colobine Libypithecus also possesses a maxillary sinus. To more fully assess the pattern of cercopithecoid sinus evolution, fossil taxa from both subfamilies (Colobinae, Cercopithecinae) were examined both visually and by computed tomography (CT). The observations were evaluated according to standard anatomical criteria for defining sinus spaces, and compared with data from all extant Old World monkey genera. Most taxa examined conformed to the pattern already discerned from extant cercopithecoids. Maxillary sinus absence in Theropithecus oswaldi, Mesopithecus, and Rhinocolobus is typical for all extant cercopithecids except Macaca. The fossil macaque Macaca majori possesses a well-developed maxillary sinus, as do all living species of the genus. Cercopithecoides, on the other hand, differs from all extant colobines in possessing a maxillary sinus. Thus, paranasal pneumatization has reemerged a minimum of two and possibly three times in cercopithecoids. The results suggest that maxillary sinus absence in cercopithecoids is due to suppression, rather than complete loss.     

A quantitative approach to spatial variation of human cerebral sulci

The surfaces and the sulci of the lateral hemispheres of 30 postmortem brain specimens were three-dimensionally measured. The coordinates of all the structures registered constitute a digital brain model. The models were scaled linearly until they fitted a defined cuboid. Then all the models within the reference volume, each represented by a set of points, were considered together. The reference volume was divided into small cubic volume elements (voxels). Two parameters of the voxels were studied: the point density of each structure per voxel and the contribution index which designates how many of the hemispheres contribute points to a certain voxel. The latter parameter may serve as an index for the presence probability of a sulcus, which means the probability with which a sulcus will be contained in a defined volume element. The presence probability of a sulcus corresponds well with its first appearance in embryological development. Spatial variation in the early developing principal sulci is far less than in those which develop in later stages. As regards some defined regions of the brain, statements about the probable location of cortical areas in relation to the commissural system can be made.     

Heritability of brain size and surface features in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

The extent of heritability for overall brain size and regional cortical surface features such as sulcus lengths is important for demonstrating a genetic component to the observed phenotypic differences among individuals and for evaluating the potential for evolutionary change in response to selection. Although the genetics of brain size has been extensively considered, the detailed morphology of the cortical surface has not previously been subjected to genetic analysis. We estimated the heritability of brain size and cortical sulcus lengths using 438 endocranial casts taken from skeletons of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) from the Cayo Santiago population. Estimates were obtained both by mother-offspring regression and symmetric-differences-squared (SDS) methods. Brain size, measured as cranial capacity, was highly and significantly heritable in this population, confirming results of previous studies with laboratory mice. Overall, cortical sulcus lengths were also heritable, with 35% of the sulci significantly heritable at the 5% level in the mother-offspring analysis. The average mother-offspring heritability estimate, 0.31, was the same as the average heritability obtained previously from a series of 56 cranial metric characters. The SDS analyses generally corresponded to the findings based on mother-offspring regressions, although the significance test appeared more conservative. Both gross and detailed morphology of the brain are heritable.