Mauricio Talebi

Assistant Research Professor of Anthropology
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, UNIFESP-Diadema (Brazil)
Project Director, Pro-Muriqui Association (Brazil)
E-mail talebi@unifesp.br or talebi@promuriqui.org.br
Federal University of São Paulo, Campus Diadema, São Paulo, (Brazil) Project
Av. Arthur Ridel, 275 - Bairro Eldorado
09972-270 Diadema - SP-Brasil

Dr. Talebi is a primatologist with a research focus on the behavioral biology and applied conservation research of New World monkeys.

Research

Dr. Talebi's recent work has been on food choice and foraging behavior among the southern muriqui or woolly spider monkey, Brachyteles arachnoides, in the last large remnant of Brazilian Atlantic Forest, the Carlos Botelho State Park, and that species' food competition with other mammals.

Selected Publications

Articles and Book Chapters

2009	Talebi, M.G., R. Beltrão-Mendes, and P.C. Lee. "Intra-community coalitionary lethal attack of an adult male southern muriqui (Brachyteles arachnoides)," American Journal of Primatology 71(10): 860-867.
2008	Talebi, M.G. "Brachyteles arachnoides, Southern Muriqui." Red Data Book for Threatened Mammals of Brazil. International Union for Conservation of Nature.
2006	Talebi, M.G., T.R. Pope, E.R. Vogel, M. Neitz, and N.J. Dominy. "Polymorphism of visual pigment genes in the muriqui (Primates, Atelidae)," Molecular Ecology 15(2): 551-58.
2005	Talebi, M.G., P. Soares. "Conservation research of Southern Muriquis in São Paulo State," Neotropical Primates 13 supplement: 14-19.
2005	Talebi, M.G., A.F.L. Bastos, and P.C. Lee. "The diet of Southern Muriquis in continuous Brazilian Atlantic forest," International Journal of Primatology 26(5): 1175-1187. DOI: 10.1007/s10764-005-6463-3.

Courses Taught

No courses taught at GW to date.

Education

Ph.D. 2005, University of Cambridge
M.Sc. 1999, University of São Paulo
D.M.V. 1993, Londrina State University (Brazil)