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Cuban monkey

The Cuban monkeys are two extinct species of small primates that lived on the island of Cuba. The Cuban fossil primate, Paralouatta varonai was described from a nearly complete cranium in 1991. This cranium and a number of isolated teeth and postcranial bones were found in a cave site in Pinar del Rio Province.

 
 
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Jamaican Monkey

The Jamaican Monkey (Xenothrix mcgregori) was a species of monkey first uncovered at Long Mile Cave in Jamaica by Harold Anthony in 1919. Anthony is responsible for many species descriptions of Caribbean taxa during this period and his field notes record the discovery of the monkey material: “January 17 – Spent all day digging in the long mile cave and secured some good bones. The most important find was the lower jaw and femur of a small monkey, found in the yellow limestone detritus.

 
 
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Hispaniola Monkey

The Hispaniola Monkey (Antillothrix bernensis) is an extinct primate found on the island of Hispaniola. The species is thought to have gone extinct around the 16th century. The exact timing and cause of the extinction are unclear, but it is likely related to the settlement of Hispaniola by the Europeans in 1492 after discovery by Christopher Columbus.

 
 
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Homunculus patagonicus

Homunculus patagonicus is an extinct New World monkey species that lived in Argentina during the Miocene. It is likely the ancestral species for the Callicebinae subfamily, whose living members are the titi monkeys.

 
 
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Antilles monkey

The Antilles monkeys (Xenotrichini) are a tribe of extinct primates, which lived on the Greater Antilles as recently as the 16th century. These Caribbean islands no longer contain endemic primates, although the most recently discovered species, the Hispaniola Monkey, was reported to have lived on Hispaniola until the settlement by the Europeans. The relationship of these species is supported by details in the formation of the skull and the lower jaw, such as a reduction in the number of teeth.