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Lorisidae

Non IUCN Publication

Handbook of the mammals of the world : vol. 3 : primates

Everybody knows that humans are members of the mammalian Order Primates, but ask somebody to name some of our cousins and they would at best come up with five or six of the most widely known.

Organization(s):

  • IUCN
  • Conservation International
  • IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
  • Texas A & M University, US
Publication Year: 
2013
Non IUCN Publication

Primates of West Africa : a field guide and natural history

West Africa, from the coast of Senegal to Lake Chad and Cameroon's Sanaga River, is home to 60 primate species and subspecies, 46 of which occur nowhere else. They range from the nocturnal angwantibo, pottos, and galagos, to the mangabeys, baboons, and the drill, to guenons and colobus monkeys.

Author(s):

  • Nash, Stephen D.
  • Oates, J.F.

Organization(s):

  • Conservation International
  • IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC)
  • IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
  • Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation, US
Publication Year: 
2011
IUCN Publication

Threatened primates of Africa : the IUCN red data book

This volume provides the most comprehensive review available of the conservation status of African primates. Thirty species, comprising over 50% of the primate fauna of the continent, have been identified as threatened, ranging from the little-known Angwantibo to the gorilla and chimpanzee.

Author(s):

  • Lee, Phyllis C.
  • Thornback, Jane
  • Bennett, Elizabeth L.

Organization(s):

  • IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre
  • IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), Primate Specialist Group
  • UNEP, Global Environment Monitoring System
  • WWF International
Publication Year: 
1988
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