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- Title
Color Vision Variations in Old and New World Primates.
- Authors
Jacobs, Gerald H.; Harwerth, Ronald S.
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
COLOR vision; PRIMATES; MACAQUES; SQUIRREL monkeys; VISUAL perception; MAMMALS
- Publication
American Journal of Primatology, 1989, Vol 18, Issue 1, p35
- ISSN
0275-2565
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ajp.1350180104