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Primate Learning in Action

@primate-learning.bsky.social

A collaborative project aimed at spreading knowledge about primate cognition, behavior & conservation. Website: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/primatelearning/ YouTube: @primatelearninginaction6266 Instagram: @primate_learning

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New England Primate Conservancy@neprimateconsrv.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Zanzibar red colobuses (Piliocolobus kirkii), also called Kirk's red colobus monkeys, are endemic to islands in the Zanzibar Archipelago. They supplement their leafy diets with charcoal to soothe their digestive systems. Threatened by hunting and habitat loss. Endangered and Critically Depleted.

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New England Primate Conservancy@neprimateconsrv.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Greater bamboo lemurs (Prolemur simus) were thought extinct in the mid-1900s. Rediscovered in southeastern Madagascar in the 1960s and '70s. Bamboo serves as their primary source of food. Threatened by habitat loss due to agriculture, climate change, and hunting. Critically Endangered.

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New England Primate Conservancy@neprimateconsrv.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Collared brown lemurs (Eulemur collaris) are endemic to southeastern Madagascar. Cathemeral, they are active both day and night throughout the year. Their activity is strongly influenced by nocturnal luminosity. Threatened by habitat destruction and hunting. Listed as Endangered.

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New England Primate Conservancy@neprimateconsrv.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Vervets (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) are widely distributed throughout eastern Africa from the Ethiopian Highlands to South Africa. Very adaptable, they easily occupy human settlements where they are persecuted as pests. Although widespread throughout their vast range, their populations are decreasing.

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New England Primate Conservancy@neprimateconsrv.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Geoffroy's dwarf lemurs (Cheirogaleus major), also called greater dwarf lemurs, are nocturnal. In times of plenty, they store fat in their tails; in times of lack, they become torpid, slowing down their bodily functions, and living on their fat stores. Threatened by habitat loss. Vulnerable.

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New England Primate Conservancy@neprimateconsrv.bsky.social · last yr.

Indris (Indri indri) are endemic to Madagascar's eastern rainforests. Populations in the north are black, those in the south are black-and-white, those in between exhibit both color patterns. Threatened by habitat loss, forest fragmentation, and illegal hunting. Listed as Critically Endangered.

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Wild Animal Initiative@wildanimals.bsky.social · last yr.

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New England Primate Conservancy@neprimateconsrv.bsky.social · last yr.

Cat Ba langurs (Trachypithecus poliocephalus ), also called golden-headed langurs, are one of the world’s most endangered primates with a population of about 80. Poached to near extinction for meat and body parts. Threatened by disturbances from the booming tourism industry. Critically Endangered.

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Delphine De Moor@delphinedemoor.bsky.social · last yr.

So exciting to see MacaqueNet out into the world! 🤩 Learn about our global community & database centralizing standardized affiliative & agonistic data from 61 populations across 14 macaque species: doi/10.1111/1365... Explore >600 networks & request data: macaquenet.github.io/database/

MacaqueNet: Advancing comparative behavioural research through large‐scale collaboration

We present MacaqueNet, a global community of macaque researchers who developed the first publicly searchable, standardised database on affiliative and agonistic behaviour. This cross-species database...

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