Congenital short tail in Macaca mulatta

Bárbara Cristina da Silva Meireles; Beatriz Goldschmidt; Carlos Alberto Soares; Ana Cristina Araujo Pinto; Aline Crespo Bouzon; Felipe Gonçalves Oliveira França

doi:10.1111/jmp.12507

Congenital short tail in Macaca mulatta

J Med Primatol. 2021 Apr;50(2):138-140. doi: 10.1111/jmp.12507. Epub 2021 Feb 17.

Authors

Bárbara Cristina da Silva Meireles¹, Beatriz Goldschmidt¹, Carlos Alberto Soares¹, Ana Cristina Araujo Pinto¹, Aline Crespo Bouzon¹, Felipe Gonçalves Oliveira França¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Primatology, Institute of Science and Technology in Biomodels, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

PMID: 33598919
DOI: 10.1111/jmp.12507

Abstract

In a captive Macaca mulatta breeding colony, a single family group with 39 animals showed 19 individuals being born with dramatic tail shortening. Through clinical, genealogical, radiographic, and cytogenetic evaluation, it was related to a probable dominant autosomal inheritance of the reduction in the number of distal caudal vertebrae.

Keywords: Macaca mulatta; Rhesus monkey; short tail.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Animals
Animals, Laboratory / abnormalities
Female
Macaca mulatta / abnormalities*
Male
Monkey Diseases / congenital*
Tail / abnormalities*
Tail / anatomy & histology