The Critically Endangered Myanmar snub-nosed monkey Rhinopithecus strykeri found in the Salween River Basin, China
| Autor: | Bin Wang, Zhi-Pang Huang, Guang-Song Li, Yong-Cheng Long, Shao-Hua Dong, Ying-Ping Tian, Zuofu Xiang, Yin Yang, Wen Xiao, Chen-Xiang He |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
education.field_of_study geography geography.geographical_feature_category biology Ecology 05 social sciences Population Drainage basin biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Critically endangered Rhinopithecus strykeri Habitat biology.animal 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Primate 050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology Transect education China Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Nature and Landscape Conservation |
| Zdroj: | Oryx. 52:134-136 |
| ISSN: | 1365-3008 0030-6053 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0030605316000934 |
| Popis: | The Myanmar snub-nosed monkey Rhinopithecus strykeri was discovered in 2010 on the western slopes of the Gaoligong Mountains in the Irrawaddy River basin in Myanmar and subsequently in the same river basin in China, in 2011. Based on 2 years of surveying the remote and little disturbed forest of the Gaoligong Mountains National Nature Reserve in China, with outline transect sampling and infrared camera monitoring, a breeding group comprising > 70 individuals was found on the eastern slopes of the Gaoligong Mountains in the Salween River Basin. Given the Critically Endangered status of this primate (a total of < 950 individuals are estimated to remain in the wild), efforts to protect the relatively undisturbed habitat of this newly discovered population and to prevent hunting are essential for the long-term survival of this species. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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