Facial malformations, including cleft lip and palate, in wild primates in Paraguay

Rebecca L Smith; Rachel Blood; Paul Smith

doi:10.1111/jmp.12519

Facial malformations, including cleft lip and palate, in wild primates in Paraguay

J Med Primatol. 2021 Jun;50(3):193-196. doi: 10.1111/jmp.12519. Epub 2021 Mar 6.

Authors

Rebecca L Smith^{1

2}, Rachel Blood¹, Paul Smith^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Fundación Para La Tierra, Centro IDEAL, Pilar, Paraguay.
² School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland.
³ FAUNA Paraguay, Encarnación, Paraguay.

PMID: 33675242
DOI: 10.1111/jmp.12519

Abstract

Nine individual Alouatta caraya and Sapajus cay displaying facial malformations were observed across three sites in Paraguay. Six had cleft lip (with or without cleft palate), and three had malformations of the lower lip. This is the first record of cleft lip and/or palate in the genus Alouatta.

Keywords: Alouatta; Sapajus; Central and South American primates; cleft palate; congenital deformities.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Cleft Lip* / epidemiology
Cleft Lip* / veterinary
Cleft Palate* / epidemiology
Cleft Palate* / veterinary
Paraguay / epidemiology
Primates