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Olive baboon. Primatology is the scientific study of non-human primates. [1] It is a diverse discipline at the boundary between mammalogy and anthropology, and researchers can be found in academic departments of anatomy, anthropology, biology, medicine, psychology, veterinary sciences and zoology, as well as in animal sanctuaries, biomedical research facilities, museums and zoos. [2]
The order Primates consists of 505 extant species belonging to 81 genera. This does not include hybrid species or extinct prehistoric species. Modern molecular studies indicate that the 81 genera can be grouped into 16 families; these families are divided between two named suborders and are grouped in those suborders into named clades, and some of these families are subdivided into named ...
[134] [135] The meat consumption includes predation on other primate species, such as the western red colobus monkey. [117] The bonobo is an omnivorous frugivore – the majority of its diet is fruit, but it supplements this with leaves, meat from small vertebrates , such as anomalures , flying squirrels and duikers , [ 136 ] and invertebrates ...
The International Primatological Society (IPS) is a scientific, educational, and charitable organization focused on non-human primates.It encourages scientific research in all areas of study, facilitates international cooperation among researchers, and promotes primate conservation.
This is a list of mammals in Indonesia. It is derived from the IUCN Red List and includes those mammals that have been extinct since 1500. The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status:
العربية; Azərbaycanca; বাংলা; Башҡортса; Bosanski; Català; Чӑвашла; Čeština; Deutsch; Español; Esperanto; Euskara; فارسی ...
Primate archaeology is a field of research established in 2008 that combines research interests and foci from primatology and archaeology.The main aim of primate archaeology is to study behavior of extant and extinct primates and the associated material records.
Horsfield's tarsier is listed as vulnerable in the 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, [2] listed in CITES Appendix II, and protected by law in Indonesia and in Malaysia. In February 2007, the governments of Brunei , Malaysia , and Indonesia agreed to protect roughly 220,000 km 2 (85,000 sq mi) of tropical forest in the " Heart of Borneo ...