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Indonesia possesses the second largest primate population in the world, with over 33 different primate species. Although Brazil possesses more primate species, Indonesia outranks it in terms of its diversity of primates, ranging from prosimians (slow lorises and tarsiers), to a multitude of Old World Monkey species (macaques, langurs, proboscis moneys) to lesser apes (siamangs, gibbons) and great apes (orangutans). The primates of Indonesia are distributed throughout the archipelago.§Partly in response to the number of primates distributed throughout the Indonesian archipelago, Indonesia is classified as the home of two biodiversity hotspots (Wallacea and Sundaland). In order to be classified as a hotspot, an area must have a large proportion of endemic species coupled with a high degree of threat including having lost more than 70% of its original habitat. Two areas within Indonesia meet these criteria. The tremendous diversity of primates in Indonesia, in conjunction with the conservation issues facing the primates of this region, created a need for this volume.§

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Biology, life sciences Zoology & animal sciences

• Full title: Indonesian Primates
• Author: Sharon Gursky-Doyen, Jatna Supriatna
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 410
• EAN: 9781441915597
• ISBN: 1441915591
• ID: 02065069
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Weight: 883 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 155 × 32 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. February 2010

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