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On the trail of monkeys and apes
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On the trail of monkeys and apes

Author: Letitia Farris-Toussaint; Bernard De Wetter
Publisher: Hauppauge, NY : Barron's Educational Series, ©2000.
Edition/Format: Book : English
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Letitia Farris-Toussaint; Bernard De Wetter
ISBN: 0764111639 9780764111631
OCLC Number: 43636365
Description: 127 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 23 cm.
Contents: Introduction -- Introducing monkeys and apes -- Evolution and characteristics -- Classification and distribution of primates -- Lifestyle -- Social life -- Observing primates in Africa and in the Mediterranean -- Western black-and-white colobus -- Ghana : Boabeng-Fiema Sanctuary -- Mountain gorilla -- Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda : the Virungas Chain and Bwindi Forest -- Barbary macaque -- Gibraltar : monkey HIll -- Chimpanzee -- Tanzania : Gombe Stream National Park -- Gelada -- Ethiopia : Simian Mountains National Park -- Observing lemurs in Madagascar -- Madagascar, the island continent -- Indri -- Verreux's Sifaka -- Ring-tailed lemur -- Lesser bamboo lemur -- Observing monkeys in Asia -- White-handed or common gibbon -- Thailand : Khao Yai and Khao Phra Thaew National Parks -- Japanese macaque -- Japan (Honshu) : Jigokudani Onsen -- Celebes black ape -- Indonesia (Sulawesi) : Tangkoko Duasudara Natural Reserve -- Orangutan -- Indonesia (Sumatra) : Bohorok Rehabilitation Center, Gunung Leuser National Park -- Hanuman Langur -- India (Rajasthan) : Ranthambhore National Park -- Observing monkeys in America -- Black howler -- Belize : Community Baboon Sanctuary of Bermudian Landing -- White-faced capuchin -- Costa Rica : Santa Rosa National Park -- Red-backed squirrel monkey -- Costa Rica : Manuel Antonio National Park -- Monkeys, apes, and man -- Respectful tourism -- A death sentence? -- Helping primates -- Appendices -- Equipment -- Photographing primates -- Organizations -- Glossary -- To learn more -- Primate index -- Geographical index.
Responsibility: Letitia Farris-Toussaint and Bernard De Wetter ; illustrations by Maël Dewynter.

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