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A faunal survey of the Dieng Mountains, Central Java, Indonesia: distribution and conservation of endemic primate taxa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Vincent Nijman  and
S. (Bas) van Balen
Vincent Nijman
Affiliation:
Institute of Systematics and Population Biology, Zoological Museum, University of Amsterdam, PO Box 94766, 1090 GT Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
S. (Bas) van Balen
Affiliation:
Bird Life International Inonesia Programme, PO Box 310/Boo, Bogor 16003, Indonesia and Department of Terrestrial Bcology and Nature Conservation, Wageningen Agricultural University, Bornsesteeg 69, 6708 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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A faunal survey was conducted in May–September 1994 and June–July 1995 in the Dieng Mountains, one of the last remaining larger patches of forest in CentralJava province, Indonesia. All three primate species endemic to the Javan faunal region – Javan gibbon Hylobates moloch, grizzled leaf monkey Presbytis comata and ebony leaf monkey Trachypithecus auratus – were found to be present. Hylobates moloch occurs only in the lowland and hill forests in the western part of the study area, while the other two species were found throughout the area from lowland to montane forests. Although more research needs to be done onhabitat preferences and densities at which the primates occur, the available data suggestthat the Dieng Mountains may harbour the second largest populations of both H. moloch and P. comata in the same location. In order to safeguard these two endangered primates itis suggested that the reserve system in Java be expanded to include the Dieng Mountains.

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Research Article
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Oryx , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , April 1998 , pp. 145 - 156
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Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1998

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