Species, as main evolutionary units have long been considered to be morphological entities
with limited hybridization potential. The occurrence of taxa which maintain morphological …

The African colobines represent a neglected area of cercopithecid systematics. Resolving
the phylogenetic relationships and estimating divergence dates among the living forms will …

Although there are numerous ethnic groups in Sierra Leone, the Mende and Temne together
account for approximately 60% of the total population. To see if genetic differences could be …

Wallace's Line demarcates a biogeographical boundary between the Indomalaya and
Australasian ecoregions. Most placental mammalian genera, for example, occur to the west …

In order to elucidate the evolutionary history and taxonomy of the Mentawai macaques, we
sequenced a 567 base pairs (bp) long fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene …

Macaca fascicularis aurea (Burmese long-tailed macaque) is 1 of the 10 subspecies of
Macaca fascicularis. Despite having few morphological differences from other subspecies, a …

Primatologists widely recognize chimpanzees as belonging to a single species, Pan
troglodytes, which they traditionally have further divided into 3 subspecies: west African P. t …

One of the sharpest biogeographical transitions in the world occurs between the Indonesian
islands of Borneo and Sulawesi; this transition is demarcated by Wallace's line. Macaque …

The silvery mole-rat (Heliophobius argenteocinereus) is a solitary subterranean rodent with
its distribution centred mainly in miombo woodlands of eastern Africa. This part of the …

Abstract Background Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) can be divided into four subspecies.
Substantial phylogenetic evidence suggests that these subspecies can be grouped into two …