Compiled By Wang Yingxiang et al. Primate Specialist Group, Mammalogical Society of China 2002 CONTENTS Foreword 4 Bibliography 1. Taxonomy and Distribution 8 2. Cellular and Molecular Evolution 15 3. Morphology and Anatomy 23 4. Ecology and Behavior 40 5. Resources and Conservation 61 6. Breeding and Reproduction 67 7. Neurobiology 83 8. Disease and Immunology 106 9. Fossil Primates 119 10. Miscellany 134 FOREWORD China is one of a few countries in the world where there exists a great diversity in primates. Twenty-two or twenty-three species have already been recorded. Thus, as with the case in other animals, China is one of the two major biodiversity centers in Asia (the other one is South-East Asia). The studies on primates in China can be traced to about 2000 years ago. The great progresses, however, appeared in the 1980s and followed since then through diligent work among Chinese scholars and a wider international collaboration. The total number of publications related to this field is about more than 1000. It was the first time that we tried to collect all relevant papers and books from a great range of journals and books both in Chinese and English as well other languages. This book obviously provides a wonderful reference resource with the primatologists who are specifically interested in the issues associated with China. This, as expected, was a huge work through the collection from different resources in both China and overseas. It was commenced in 1995 after the Second Conference of Chinese Primatology, with special support from Primate Specialist Group of Mammalogical Society of China. Professors Wang Yingxiang and Jiang Xuelong mad special contributions to this project starting from their joint talk: "Today and Tomorrow of Primate Studies in China" at that conference. Since then the remarkable achievements have turned up in the field that mainly covers ecology, behaviour, conservation, systematics, evolution and functional anatomy of the golden monkeys, gibbons and macaques from different approaches; molecular systematics of slow lorises, macaques, leaf monkeys and gibbons, mainly carried out in Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Some main results include: clarifying controversies in classification, such as the validity of species (Hylobates hananus) and subspecies (Trachypithecus francoisi leucocephalus). Some studies performed by overseas scientists also provided a great help, especially that done by Groves (2001). Some new debates are associated with species validity of Nycticebus bengalensis, Macaca leonina, Semnopithecus schistaceus, Trachypithecus shortridgei and Hylobates hainanus. Trachypithecus leucocephalus was combined with T. poliocephalus distributed in northern Vietnam and regarded as a subspecies, T. p. leucocephalus. The new records about fossils include those on Eosimias sinensis and Eosimias centennicus found in Liyang, Jiangsu Province and Hengqu, Jiangxi Province by Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and their foreign co- operators; Eosimias sinensis and E. centennicus excavated in the deposition of the Early middle of Eocene (about 450 Ma ago). They were considered to be the oldest primate taxa in China. This finding highlights the importance in studying the origin of the some Chinese primates, and the complexity in the exploration of evolution and radiation of the Asian primates. At the event of holding the 19th Congress of the International Primatological Society we intend to introduce some research achievements in primatological field specifically related to China, where many issues are still unknown and waiting for us to explore. Thus, collaboration is mostly welcome. We hope this book will provide very useful references for the work specifically associated with China and other Asian regions. Both Chinese and English papers are categorized into ten sections; taxonomy and distribution; cellular and molecular evolution; morphology and anatomy; ecology and behavior; resources and conservation; breeding and reproduction; neuro-biology; disease and immunology; fossil primates, and miscellany. We specially thank Dr. Liu Sihui and Mrs. Feng Qing for their help in order to make this project complete smoothly before the 19th IPS Conference in Beijing. Thanks is also given to Mrs. Wang Li for her exhausting work on the computer. As mentioned above, due to the complexity of searching, it is highly likely that some very valuable papers have missed out. I would be very much grateful if you could send your publications that are not shown in the book to me. Professor Wang Yingxiang Chairman of Primate Specialist Group, the Mammalogical Society of China July, 2002 WHERE TO ORDER Mammalogical Society of China Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Science 19 Zhongguancun Rd., Haidian District Beijing 100080, China Telephone: 86-10-62581474 Fax: 86-10-62581474 E-mail: msc@panda.ioz.ac.cn Book received: 8-27-02 Posted date: 9-12-02
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