Tarsius wallacei: A New Tarsier Species from Central Sulawesi Occupies a Discontinuous Range

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1107-1122

  Merker, Stefan ^a,b   Driller, Christine ^b   Dahruddin, Hadi ^c   Wirdateti, ^c   Sinaga, Walberto ^d   Perwitasari Farajallah, Dyah ^d   Shekelle, Myron ^e  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

^d BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Cytochrome b; Duet song; Microsatellites; Primate; SRY; Tinombo form

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CHROMOSOME; COLOR; CYTOCHROME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; ISOLATED POPULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PELAGE; PRIMATE; RANGE SIZE; VOCALIZATION;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; SULAWESI; SUNDA ISLES;

PRIMATES; TARSIUS; TARSIUS SYRICHTA;

EID: 78649827906     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-010-9452-0     Document Type: Article

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