On the western fringe of baboon distribution: mitochondrial D-loop diversity of Guinea Baboons (<i>Papio papio</i> Desmarest, 1820) (Primates: Cercopithecidae) in Coastal Guinea-Bissau, western Africa
Like many primate species in West Africa, habitat loss and intensive hunting are threatening the poorly studied Guinea Baboon (Papio papio). These factors contributed to a significant population contraction during the last 30 years. Our study presents genetic diversity estimates for the Guinea Babo...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
2013-06-01
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Series: | Journal of Threatened Taxa |
Online Access: | http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/888 |