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Indonesia possesses the second largest primate population in the
world, with over 33 different primate species. Although Brazil
possesses more primate species, Indonesia outranks it in terms of
its diversity of primates, ranging from prosimians (slow lorises
and tarsiers), to a multitude of Old World Monkey species
(macaques, langurs, proboscis moneys) to lesser apes (siamangs,
gibbons) and great apes (orangutans). The primates of Indonesia are
distributed throughout the archipelago. Partly in response to the
number of primates distributed throughout the Indonesian
archipelago, Indonesia is classified as the home of two
biodiversity hotspots (Wallacea and Sundaland). In order to be
classified as a hotspot, an area must have a large proportion of
endemic species coupled with a high degree of threat including
having lost more than 70% of its original habitat. Two areas within
Indonesia meet these criteria. The tremendous diversity of primates
in Indonesia, in conjunction with the conservation issues facing
the primates of this region, created a need for this volume.
Indonesia possesses the second largest primate population in the
world, with over 33 different primate species. Although Brazil
possesses more primate species, Indonesia outranks it in terms of
its diversity of primates, ranging from prosimians (slow lorises
and tarsiers), to a multitude of Old World Monkey species
(macaques, langurs, proboscis moneys) to lesser apes (siamangs,
gibbons) and great apes (orangutans). The primates of Indonesia are
distributed throughout the archipelago. Partly in response to the
number of primates distributed throughout the Indonesian
archipelago, Indonesia is classified as the home of two
biodiversity hotspots (Wallacea and Sundaland). In order to be
classified as a hotspot, an area must have a large proportion of
endemic species coupled with a high degree of threat including
having lost more than 70% of its original habitat. Two areas within
Indonesia meet these criteria. The tremendous diversity of primates
in Indonesia, in conjunction with the conservation issues facing
the primates of this region, created a need for this volume.
The basic goal of the volume is to compile the most up to date
research on the effect of ecotourism on Indonesia's primates. The
tremendous diversity of primates in Indonesia, in conjunction with
the conservation issues facing the primates of this region, have
created a crisis whereby many of Indonesia's primates are
threatened with extinction. Conservationists have developed the
concept of "sustainable ecotourism" to fund conservation
activities. National parks agencies worldwide receive as much as
84% of their funding from ecotourism. While ecotourism funds the
majority of conservation activities, there have been very few
studies that explore the effects of ecotourism on the habitat and
species that they are designed to protect. It is the burgeoning use
of "ecotourism" throughout Indonesia that has created a need for
this volume where the successes and pitfalls at various sites can
be identified and compared.
This primate field guide can be used to refer to information on
each species, or it can be used to find which species exist on each
island, as shown at the back of the book. A list of primates in
Indonesia is provided with local, English, and scientific names.
Once the name is identified the user can go to the description of
the genus and species. Also given is the conservation status of
each species except for the most recently described, whose status
is not yet known. The information on each species' natural history,
behavior, ecology, and where to see it in parks and/or forested
areas outside parks is included. Field Guide to the Primates of
Indonesia primate drawings are by Stephen Nash and photographs were
donated by many of the author's friends from Indonesia and abroad.
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