Hi everyone, This might be a better question for the mammal list, but I wanted to ask a broad audience first, including ornithologists. I'm starting a project with squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus), which are small neotropical primates (700-1000g). I'm planning on collaring the adult females for identification, but the adult males cannot be collared due to seasonal weight gain in their neck/torso area, associated with the breeding season. Therefore, I am thinking of alternatives for marking the males. Perhaps some sort of anklet or "earring". Whatever it is, it has to be small because of their size, and brightly colored so I can see it from a distance. I'm having difficulty finding ideas in the primate literature, because everyone uses collars. So, I'm hoping that people who study other taxa may have some ideas. Thanks in advance,Anita ------Anita I. Stone, Ph.D.Department of BiologyEastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti, MI 48197USA
