Primate conservation—new reports from the field

Citation

Rylands AB, Mittermeier RA & Williamson EA (2020) Primate conservation—new reports from the field. Oryx, 54 (6), pp. 751-752. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0030605320000939

Abstract
First paragraph: The September 2020 tally of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Primate Specialist Group lists 507 species, 716 subspecies and 80 genera of primates. Ninety-five primates—13% of the primate taxa known today—were first described just in this millennium. The majority, 52 of them, are lemurs, along with seven primates from Africa, 15 from Asia, and 21 from the Neotropics. That so many new species can be discovered in this developed age is astonishing.

Keywords
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Nature and Landscape Conservation

Journal
Oryx: Volume 54, Issue 6

People

Professor Liz Williamson

Honorary Professor, Psychology