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Color vision variations in Old and New World primates
Author(s) -
Jacobs Gerald H.,
Harwerth Ronald S.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
american journal of primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1098-2345
pISSN - 0275-2565
DOI - 10.1002/ajp.1350180104
Subject(s) - geography , biology
It has long been recognized that there are significant individual variations in color vision among humans. Recently, even more widespread individual variation in color vision has been found to occur in members of several genera of New World monkeys. This article addresses the question of whether a representative genus of Old World monkeys, Macaca , expresses individual variations in color vision. The principal approach was to compare behavioral measurements of increment‐threshold spectral sensitivity for large samples of squirrel monkeys ( Saimiri sp.) and macaque monkeys ( Macaca mulatta, M. fascicularis ). We conclude that, if they occur at all, individual variations in color vision among macaque monkeys must be rare.