Facial malformations, including cleft lip and palate, in wild primates in Paraguay

Rebecca L. Smith; Rachel Blood; Paul Smith

doi:10.1111/jmp.12519

Facial malformations, including cleft lip and palate, in wild primates in Paraguay

Rebecca L. Smith^* (Corresponding Author), Rachel Blood, Paul Smith

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Fundación Para La Tierra

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Abstract

Nine individual Alouatta caraya and Sapajus cay displaying facial malformations were observed across three sites in Paraguay. Six had cleft lip (with or without cleft palate), and three had malformations of the lower lip. This is the first record of cleft lip and/or palate in the genus Alouatta.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	193-196
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Medical Primatology
Volume	50
Issue number	3
Early online date	6 Mar 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jmp.12519
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2021

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We would like to thank all PLT volunteers and interns who have participated in the PLT Capuchin Project and Urban Howler Monkey Project and all PLT staff for their support. Fundación Para La Tierra is grateful to the estate of Don Julio Contreras for their endless support of PLT's activities and to Don Odilón Barrios for giving us access to Estancia Santa Ana. R L. Smith is thankful to the National Geographic Society for funding the capuchin project (Grant Number: NGS‐299C‐18) and the Elphinstone Scholarship of the University of Aberdeen. R L. Smith and P Smith are grateful to the PRONII program of Conacyt. Thanks to Jorge Damián Ayala Santacruz for all his support. We are grateful to PRO COSARA for providing accommodation at the Nueva Gambach field site and to Hans, Christine and Pedro Hostettler and Hostettler S.A for allowing us access to their property and supporting the project. All authors thank two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments on this manuscript.

Keywords

Alouatta
Central and South America primates
cleft palate
congenital deformities
Sapajus

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Facial malformations, including cleft lip and palate, in wild primates in Paraguay

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