Primates in peril: the significance of Brazil, Madagascar, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo for global primate conservation

Estrada, Alejandro; A. Garber, Paul; A. Mittermeier, Russell; A. Wich, Serge; F. Gouveia, Sidney; Dobrovolski, Ricardo; A. I. Nekaris, K.; Nijman, Vincent; B. Rylands, Anthony; Maisels, Fiona; A. Williamson, Elizabeth; César Bicca‐Marques, Júlio; Fuentes, Agustín; Jerusalinsky, Leandro; E. Johnson, Steig; Rodrigues de Melo, Fabiano; de Carvalho Oliveira, Leonardo; Schwitzer, Christoph; Roos, Christian; M. Cheyne, Susan; Cecília Martins Kierulff, Maria; M. Raharivololona, Brigitte; Talebi, Maurício; Ratsimbazafy, Jonah; Supriatna, Jatna; Boonratana, Ramesh; Wedana, Made; Setiawan, Arif

doi:10.7717/peerj.4869

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Primates in peril: the significance of Brazil, Madagascar, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo for global primate conservation

Published in PeerJ • Jun 15, 2018

Authors:

Alejandro Estrada

Paul A. Garber

Russell A. Mittermeier

Abstract

Primates occur in 90 countries, but four-Brazil, Madagascar, Indonesia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)-harbor 65% of the world's primate species (439) and 60% of these primates are Threatened, Endangered, or Critically Endangered (IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017-3). Consider...

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Threatened species

IUCN Red List

Bushmeat

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