ANTHROPOLOGIE

Volume 37/3, 1999, pp. 273-274

WIESEMÜLLER B., ROTHE H., HENKE W.
Lower Incisor Shape in Callicebus and Pitheciinae

Callicebus and Pitheciinae resemble each other in the possession of slender, long lower incisors, which can be considered as a symplesiomorphy. However, statistically the difference from other taxa is blurred, and furthermore comes into conflict with other morphological findings. Therefore, the hypothesis of a sistergroup relationship between these two taxa is questionable.

Phylogeny – Systematics – Morphology – Callicebus – Pitheciinae