Assessment of the Diversity of African Primates

Grubb, P. J.; Butynski, Thomas M.; Oates, John F.; Bearder, Simon K.; Disotell, Todd R.; Groves, Colin P.; Struhsaker, Thomas T.

doi:10.1023/b:ijop.0000005994.86792.b9

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“…The results of the assessment for the Neotropical primates were published in 2000 (Rylands et al 2000), and will be revisited in a further publication (Rylands and Mittermeier, in press). Grubb et al (2003) published conclusions regarding the African primates, and Brandon-Jones et al (2004) published the agreed listing of the Asian primates. However, all of them are to be regarded as provisional.…”

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Lemur Diversity in Madagascar

Mittermeier

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Konstant³

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Int J Primatol

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A basic understanding of the taxonomy, diversity, and distributions of primates is essential for their conservation. This review of the status of the taxonomy of lemurs is based on a 5-d workshop entitled "Primate Taxonomy for the New Millennium," held at the Disney Institute, Orlando, Florida, in February 2000. The aim is not to present a taxonomic revision, but to review our current understanding of the diversity and current and past ranges of lemurs and indicate where there is controversy, discrepancy, or lack of knowledge. Our goal therefore is to provide a baseline for future taxonomic investigation, as well as a clearer focus for research Int J Primatol (2008) and conservation priorities. We here focus on the lemurs of Madagascar and recognize 5 families, 15 genera, and 99 species and subspecies. We list 39 species of lemurs described since 2000: 2 dwarf lemurs, Cheirogaleus; 11 mouse lemurs, Microcebus; a giant mouse lemur, Mirza; a bamboo lemur, Hapalemur; 17 sportive lemurs, Lepilemur; and 7 woolly lemurs, Avahi. Taxonomic revisions have resulted in the resurrection of a further 9 taxa. However, the figures do not represent the total diversity of Malagasy lemurs because more new species are being identified via new field studies and accompanying genetic research, and should be described in the near future.

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“…These species accounts add to our scarce knowledge of many poorly-known species, and provide the first major sketch of the mammal community of Babille as a whole. The nomenclature of mammals used here follows Grubb et al (2003) Galago senegalensis E. Geoffroy, 1796 Two galago species might be expected to occur in the Sanctuary the northern lesser galago, G. senegalensis, and the Somali lesser galago, G. gallarum. The former is widespread throughout most of Ethiopia (Yalden et al, 1977(Yalden et al, , 1996, the latter is one of Africas least known primates.…”

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Mammals of the Babille Elephant Sanctuary (Eastern Ethiopia)

Lavrenchenko¹,

Крускоп²,

Bekele³

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Rus.J.Theriol.

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ABSTRACT. The paper presents the results of a first attempt to document the mammals of the Babille Elephant Sanctuary (Eastern Ethiopia). Four species (Nycteris thebaica, Lavia frons, Mus tenellus, Helogale parvula) were documented for the first time in the Sanctuary, two species (Rhinolophus fumigatus, Mastomys awashensis) were found new for eastern Ethiopia and the presence of another species (Neoromicia zuluensis) was confirmed for the first time within the limits of Ethiopia. Moreover, genetic and chromosomal characteristics of two rodents (Acomys sp. and Gerbilliscus cf. robustus) suggested new undescribed species. In total, according to our current estimate based on original data and previously published literature, the mammal fauna of the Sanctuary includes 59 species belonging to 11 orders, 30 families and 51 genera. The Babille Elephant Sanctuary has significant conservation value due to its high mammal species diversity and complex structure of the fauna including elements with different zoogeographic affinities.

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“…The diversification of African colobines, which distributed across the African rainforest belt, represented a major component of African primate evolution [20,21]. According to fossil records, the earliest African colobines were found in the late Miocene about 8.5-9 Ma [22].…”

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“…Colobus diverged first, and followed by the progenitor of Piliocolobus and Procolobus [17,19,[24][25][26]. Based on both morphology and genetics evidence, it was well-recognized that Procolobus was the sister-taxon of (and possibly congeneric to) Piliocolobus [12,19,24,[26][27][28]. In other words, there was a general consensus for the more close relationship between Piliocolobus and Procolobus within African colobines.…”

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Summary of phylogeny in subfamily Colobinae (Primate: Cercopithecidae)

Wang

Zhang

2013

Chin. Sci. Bull.

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The phylogeny of the colobine monkeys has a complex evolutionary history, evolving several distinct radiations and owned a wide range of forest and woodland habits in tropical Africa and in southern and eastern Asia. Understanding the true evolutionary history of the colobine monkeys becomes an important field and has received special attention. In this article, we review phylogeny of Colobinae based on previous fossil, cytological, morphological and molecular evidence and indicate the phylogenetic controversies. This review is expected to guide the future research of Colobinae phylogeny, and also provide theoretic evidence for the conservation of these highly endangered and unique primates. Colobinae, phylogeny, Asian presbytina, African colobinae Citation:Wang X P, Zhang Y P, Yu L. Summary of phylogeny in subfamily Colobinae (Primate: Cercopithecidae).

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Assessment of the Diversity of African Primates

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Lemur Diversity in Madagascar

Lemur Diversity in Madagascar

Mammals of the Babille Elephant Sanctuary (Eastern Ethiopia)

Summary of phylogeny in subfamily Colobinae (Primate: Cercopithecidae)

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