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Phylogenetic position of the langur genera Semnopithecus and Trachypithecus among Asian colobines, and genus affiliations of their species groups

open access: yesBMC Evolutionary Biology, 2008
Background The evolutionary history of the Asian colobines is less understood. Although monophyly of the odd-nosed monkeys was recently confirmed, the relationships among the langur genera Presbytis, Semnopithecus and Trachypithecus and their position ...
Walter Lutz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pattern of play behavior in infant (age 1 to 12 months) white‐headed langurs in limestone forests, southwest China

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2022
Play behavior is a significant trait of immature nonhuman primates (hereafter primates) that plays an important role in sensory, locomotor, socio‐cognitive, and developmental processes.
Liting Yang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Close encounters of the friendly kind: pacific between-group interactions in primates. [PDF]

open access: yesBiol Rev Camb Philos Soc
ABSTRACT While intergroup conflict features prominently in the behavioural ecology literature, its antonym, intergroup peace, has been a rather neglected phenomenon until recently. Neighbourly relations and affiliative interactions are far from uncommon.
Grueter CC, Pozzi L.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Cost-effective scat-detection dogs: unleashing a powerful new tool for international mammalian conservation biology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Recently, detection dogs have been utilized to collect fecal samples from cryptic and rare mammals. Despite the great promise of this technique for conservation biology, its broader application has been limited by the high cost (tens to hundreds of ...
AD Roeder   +35 more
core   +1 more source

Organochlorine insecticide poisoning in Golden Langurs Trachypithecus geei

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2011
Organochlorine insecticide poisoning was recorded in three Golden Langurs (Trachypithecus geei) in Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary (CWS) in Kokrajhar district of Assam during the month of December, 2008.
D.C. Pathak
doaj   +1 more source

Aktivitas Harian Lutung Jawa (Trachypithecus auratus sondacius) di Kawasan Taman Buru Masigit Kareumbi Jawa Barat

open access: yesJurnal Biodjati, 2016
Abstrak. Lutung Jawa (Trachypithecus auratus sondaicus) merupakan salah satu bagian dari total keanekaragaman hayati Indonesia yang terdegradasi secara terus menerus disebabkan oleh kehilangan habitat dan perburuan liar.
Doni Santono   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Phylogeny and adaptive evolution of the brain-development gene microcephalin (MCPH1) in cetaceans. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
BACKGROUND: Representatives of Cetacea have the greatest absolute brain size among animals, and the largest relative brain size aside from humans. Despite this, genes implicated in the evolution of large brain size in primates have yet to be surveyed in ...
Clark, Clay   +3 more
core   +6 more sources

Golden Langur Trachypithecus geei (Khajuria, 1956) feeding on Cryptocoryne retrospiralis (Roxb.) Kunth (Family: Araceae): a rare feeding observation in Chirang Reserve Forest, Assam, India

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2013
The Golden Langur Trachypithecus geei Khajuria, 1956, endemic to India and Bhutan is an endangered primate species (IUCN Red Data list). We report for the first time, a troop of 10 individuals of Golden Langur feeding on water trumpet Cryptocoryne ...
R. Das   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Habitat association and conservation implications of endangered Francois' langur (Trachypithecus francoisi). [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
Francois' langur (Trachypithecus francoisi) is an endangered primate and endemic to the limestone forests of the tropical and subtropical zone of northern Vietnam and South-west China with a population of about 2,000 individuals. Conservation efforts are
Yajie Zeng   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nighttime behaviors of white-headed langurs (Trachypithecus leucocephalus): The role of predation avoidance and thermoregulation

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2023
We collected nighttime behavioral data by observing a group of white-headed langurs (Trachypithecus leucocephalus), comprising 16 individuals in a limestone forest in Guangxi Chongzuo National Nature Reserve, China, from October 2016 to August 2017.
Fubing Qin   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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