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Pygmy Chimpanzees in Peril

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Randall L. Susman ,
Noel Badrian ,
Alison Badrian  and
Nancy T. Handler
Randall L. Susman
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomical Sciences, Health Sciences Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Long Island, New York 11794
Noel Badrian
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomical Sciences, Health Sciences Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Long Island, New York 11794
Alison Badrian
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomical Sciences, Health Sciences Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Long Island, New York 11794
Nancy T. Handler
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomical Sciences, Health Sciences Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Long Island, New York 11794
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Abstract

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So far as is known pygmy chimpanzees, or bonobos, occupy only a comparatively small area in the central basin of Zaire. A large multinational company has acquired logging rights in what is believed to be the core of their range, and the authors, who have been studying the animals, believe that this could mean the end of this major population. A reserve is urgently needed, and they suggest a particular area of undisturbed primary forest where the local people would act as guardians and also continue their traditional uses.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , October 1981 , pp. 179 - 184
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1981

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