Yunnan National Laboratory Primate Center of China

Yunnan National Laboratory Primate Center of China (Established 1982)
Primate Center, Lab or Research Program

Director: Xiangjing Zhang
Phone: 86 (871) 381-4393; 86 (871) 717-6176 Fax: 86 (871) 331-2014
Wangdaqiao, Renmin East Road, Kunming, Yunnan, 650126 CHINA
Affiliations: State Scientific and Technological Commission

Mission: Research and supply of primate resources for biomedical purposes. Research programs focus on microbiology, virology, pathology, reproductive biology and conservation.

Principal Research Programs: Microbiology of infectious diseases; Pathology; Reproductive biology; Conservation

Training Opportunities: Educational opportunities available for: Undergraduate, Graduate; Focus on conservation and microbiology

Number of Staff: 98

Associated Field Sites: Baohua Park, Gejiu, Yunnan, Program Focus: Primate conservation ("Macaca", "Hylobates", "Nycticebus"); Animal Conservation Center, Kunming, Yunnan (Department of Yunnan Forest), conservation

Supported Species: 4 Hoolock hoolock (western hoolock gibbon), 4300 Macaca mulatta (rhesus macaque), 20 Macaca nemestrina (pigtail macaque), 10 Macaca assamensis (Assamese macaque), 10 Macaca arctoides (stump-tailed macaque), 200 Macaca fascicularis (long-tailed macaque), 12 Nomascus concolor (black crested gibbon), 10 Nomascus leucogenys (northern white-cheeked gibbon)

Publications: "Chinese Primate Newsletter" (biannual)

Comments: The YNLPCC facilities include Xishuangbanna base, Kunming laboratory station (address: Wandaquiao, Renmin East Road, Kunming 650216), Xishuangbanna base (No. 2, Minzu Nanlu, Jinghong, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan 666100), Baoshan breeding station, Gangtoucun breeding station (Kunming), and Nekou breeding station. Xishuangbanna base is located on 350 hectares of land along the Mekong River in Xuanyujie, 6 km southeast of Jinghong. There are about 2150 primates of 6 species maintained at the base and over 300 are live-born annually (500 in all centers).

Last Updated: 1998-03-30

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