Moscow University
Anthropology
Bulletin
Anthropology
Bulletin
1) Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Biology of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye Mount Street, d. 1, p. 12, Moscow, 119234, Russia; 2) State Darwin Museum, Vavilova st., 57, Moscow, 117292, Russia
Bakholdina Varvara Yu., PhD., D. Sc., Professor, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3320-1445; vbaholdina@mail.ru; Sudarikova Elena V., Senior Researcher; ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8384-9832; elsud@darwinmuseum.ru.
The problem of taxonomic differentiation in the order Primates is one of the important problems of evolutionary anthropology and primatology. The systematics of primates reflects their evolutionary relationships allowing to reconstruct possible ways of formation of particular groups. Clarification of primate taxonomy involves the wide range of data, primarily from the field of morphology. Among the morphological characteristics that distinguish taxa special role belongs to the system of craniological features that allow diagnosing the skulls of museum collections or fossil material. The article is devoted to craniological identification of skulls of two species of the genus Chlorocebus – Chlorocebus pygerythrus (vervets) and Chlorocebus aethiops (grivets). Materials and methods. According to the wide craniometrical program, 42 skulls of vervets (13 males and 29 females) and 60 skulls of grivets (16 males and 44 females) were examined. The descriptive statistics and the degree of reliability of the differences between the samples were calculated and the discriminant analysis was carried out. Results. For several craniometrical features, the differences between the samples of vervets and grivets reach the statistical level of significance. The differences between species are observed both in linear and angular traits. According to the results of discriminant analysis, the linear traits separate craniological samples more effectively. Two discriminating sizes are common for males and females: the smallest width of the forehead and the total angle of the face. The average percentage of correct diagnoses is 85,70% for females and 93,75% for males. Conclusion. The results of the work confirm the importance of craniometrical characteristics as diagnostic species features for Cercopithecini primates.
evolutionary anthropology; primatology; order Primates; morphological differentiation of primate; vervets; grivets
DOI: 10.32521/2074-8132.2019.4.105-113
Цит.: Bakholdina V.Yu., Sudarikova E.V. To the problem of the craniological differentiation of the two species of green monkeys: Chlorocebus pygerythrus, Chlorocebus aethiops (family Cercopithecidae, ordo Primates) // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2019; 4/2019; с. 105-113
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