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Indo-US Primate Project, Indo-US Primate Project

Field Study

Indo-US Primate Project, Indo-US Primate Project

Location of field site: India , Asia

Project Director: Arun Srivastava (Scientist-in-charge)

Contact Person: Arun Srivastava , conservation@sify.in , E-mail: conservation@sify.in

Mailing address: 34 Rajmata Ka Nohra , Bikaner , Rajasthan, India 334001 India

Research Objectives: Status and distribution survey of primates of northeast India and Study ecology and behaviour to help in Conservation of primates

Field Positions and Volunteers: Research Scientist; Research Associate; Junior research Fellow; Project Assistant; Field Assistant; Two training program every year for Master degree students, NGO workers and for forest department personnel

Species Studied: Golden langur, Trachypithesus geei Capped langur, Trachypithesus pileatus Phayre's leaf monkey, Trachypithesus phayrei Stump-tailed macaque, Macaca arctoides Assamese macaque, Macaca assamensis Pig-tailed macaque, Macaca nemestrina Rhesus macaque, Macaca mulatta Slow loris, Nycticebus coucang Hoolock gibbon, Hylobates hoolock

Affiliations: US Fish & Wildlife Service & Min. of Environment, Govt. of India

Project Begin/End Dates: July 1994 - July 2001

Entry created: 1998-07-28
Review requested: 2003-11-17
Entry last reviewed: 2006-04-19


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