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Mahale Mountains Chimpanzee Research Project, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Science

Field Study

Mahale Mountains Chimpanzee Research Project, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Science

Location of field site: Tanzania, Mahale Mountains National Park , Africa

Project Director: Toshisada Nishida

Contact Person: Toshisada Nishida , nishida@jinrui.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp , Phone: 075-753-4084 Fax: 075-753-4098 E-mail: nishida@jinrui.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Mailing address: Kitashirakawa-Oiwakecho Sakyo , Kyoto , Kyoto 606-8502 Japan

Research Objectives: Natural history of chimpanzees.

Species Studied: Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii: chimpanzees; Procolobus tephrosceles (Colobus badius): red colobus

Other Species Found At Site: Papio cynocephalus: yellow baboon; Cercopithecus mitis: blue monkey; Cercopithecus ascanius: red-tailed monkey; Chlorocebus aethiops: vervet; Colobus angolensis: Angolan black-and-white colobus; Galago senegalensis: Northern lesser bush baby; Otolemur crassicaudatus: thick-tailed greater bush baby

Affiliations: Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture

Project Begin/End Dates: Oct. 1965 - ongoing

Web Site: http://jinrui.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Entry created: never
Review requested: 2003-11-17
Entry last reviewed: 2001-11-13


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