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Threatened primates in southern Vietnam

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Jonathan C. Eames and
Craig R. Robson
Jonathan C. Eames
Affiliation:
℅ ICBP, 32 Cambridge Road, Girton, Cambridge CB3 OPJ, UK.
Craig R. Robson
Affiliation:
63 Stafford Street, Norwich NR2 3BD, UK
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Vietnam's exceptionally rich fauna is threatened by habitat loss and hunting. Although a system of protected areas has recently been developed, many of the sites selected are subject to human encroachment, hunting pressure and other forms of exploitation. Other protected areas may be too small to hold viable populations of primates. Following faunal surveys of existing and proposed protected areas in Vietnam between 1988 and 1991, this paper documents the status of and identifies threats to three species of threatened primate: white-cheeked gibbon Hylobates leucogenys gabriellae, red-shanked douc langur Pygathrix nemaeus and blackshanked douc langur P. nigripes.

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Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , July 1993, pp. 146 - 154
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1993

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