Cayo Santiago
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Cayo Santiago is a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico best known for its long-running free-ranging rhesus macaque research colony used extensively in primatology and behavioral studies.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cayo Santiago canonical | 2 |
| Cayo Santiago (Monkey Island) | 1 |
| Cayo Santiago Reserve | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
island
ⓘ
research site ⓘ |
| access | restricted ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
Hurricane Maria
ⓘ
surface form:
Hurricane Maria (2017)
|
| alsoKnownAs | Monkey Island ⓘ |
| area |
approximately 15 hectares
ⓘ
approximately 37 acres ⓘ |
| colonyEstablishedIn | 1938 ⓘ |
| colonyFoundedBy |
Caribbean Primate Research Center
ⓘ
Yale University researchers ⓘ |
| country | Puerto Rico ⓘ |
| dataResources |
behavioral observation archives
ⓘ
biological sample banks ⓘ long-term genealogical records ⓘ |
| feedingRegime | provisioned with commercial monkey chow ⓘ |
| habitatType |
scrub and secondary growth vegetation
ⓘ
tropical dry forest ⓘ |
| hostsColonyOf | rhesus macaques ⓘ |
| humanResidents | none ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Caribbean Sea ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Humacao, Puerto Rico
ⓘ
east coast of Puerto Rico ⓘ |
| locatedOffCoastOf | Puerto Rico ⓘ |
| managedBy |
Caribbean Primate Research Center
ⓘ
University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to primate social network research
ⓘ
detailed longitudinal demographic records ⓘ extensive behavioral datasets ⓘ large multigenerational pedigree of macaques ⓘ longest continuously studied free-ranging rhesus macaque colony ⓘ |
| ownedBy | University of Puerto Rico ⓘ |
| partOf | Morón Islands (Puerto Rico) ⓘ |
| populationSizeApprox | over 1,000 rhesus macaques ⓘ |
| postDisasterStatus | research operations partially restored after 2017 ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
behavioral research
ⓘ
biomedical research ⓘ primate research ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
behavioral ecology
ⓘ
cognitive studies in macaques ⓘ comparative aging research ⓘ demography of primate populations ⓘ genetics of primates ⓘ morphology and skeletal biology ⓘ primatology ⓘ social behavior of primates ⓘ |
| speciesOnIsland | Macaca mulatta ⓘ |
| transportAccess | small boat from mainland Puerto Rico ⓘ |
| uninhabitedByHumans | true ⓘ |
| usedByResearchersFrom | international institutions ⓘ |
| waterSource | freshwater supplied from mainland ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cayo Santiago (Monkey Island)
this entity surface form:
Cayo Santiago Reserve