The
DuMond Conservancy for Primates and Tropical Forests
is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization providing a
home for confiscated and retired laboratory primates.
In addition, the Conservancy serves as an educational
and scientific resource for students interested in
learning more about our closest relatives.
The DuMond
Conservancy is located in subtropical South Florida,
near Miami. The warm climate allows us to keep our
primates out-of-doors year round, either free ranging
in a lush, 4-acre forest, or in large enclosures planted
with natural vegetation and situated in secluded woods.
Mission: (1) To enhance welfare of nonhuman primate
populations and tropical forest ecosystems, and (2)
to emphasize the evolutionary, ecological and natural
history linkages among human and nonhuman primates
and tropical forests.
Get
an in depth look at these fascinating New World primates
- the only nocturnal monkey in the world! Find
out more about some of their truly interesting behaviors
and research being conducted right here at the DuMond
Conservancy
Wolovich CK, Perea-Rodriguez JP and Fernandez-Duque
E (2008). Food transfers to young and mates in wild
owl monkeys (aotus azarai). American Journal of Primatology
70(3): 211-221
