A voucher specimen for Macaca munzala: Interspecific affinities, evolution, and conservation of a newly discovered primate

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 743-756

  Mishra, Charudutt ^a,b   Sinha, Anindya ^a,c  

^a NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

^b Snow Leopard Network   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Arunachal Pradesh; Conservation; Molecular phylogeny; Morphometry; sinica species group

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CONSERVATION; EVOLUTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MORPHOMETRY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; TAXONOMY;

ARUNACHAL PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

BACULUM; MACACA; PRIMATES;

EID: 45449103248     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-008-9252-y     Document Type: Article

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