Morphological characteristics and genetic diversity of Burmese long-tailed Macaques (Macaca fascicularis aurea)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 441-455

  Bunlungsup, Srichan ^a   Imai, Hiroo ^b   Hamada, Yuzuru ^b   Gumert, Michael D ^c   San, Aye Mi ^d   Malaivijitnond, Suchinda ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d Department of Marine Science   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Andaman seacoast; Burmese long tailed macaque; MtDNA; SRY; TSPY

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CHROMOSOME; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HABITAT TYPE; HYBRID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PRIMATE; TOOL USE;

ANDAMANS; ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; MYANMAR; MYEIK ARCHIPELAGO; TANINTHARYI; THAILAND;

MACACA FASCICULARIS;

EID: 84950266414     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22512     Document Type: Article

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