The southern part of Assam in India, a part of the Indo-Burma Biodiversity hotspot, harbors a
myriad number of wild plant and animal species. Although there is only one protected area …

Primates are in imminent risk of extinction due to different types of anthropogenic activities.
Mortality due to road accidents and electrocution from power lines are among the major …

Five species of slow lorises were once considered to comprise a single strongly polymorphic
species, Nycticebus coucang, ranging throughout South and Southeast Asia. The cryptic …

Slow lorises Nycticebus spp. have one of the widest distributions of any nocturnal primate
species, occurring in 14 Asian countries; yet, in terms of their taxonomy, ecology and …

In June 2007 the Asian slow lorises, genus Nycticebus, will be put forward by Cambodia at
the 14th Conference of Parties to be transferred from Appendix II of the Convention on …

Flying squirrels are capable of gliding and one of the least known mammals of the world.
Work on these animals is less and sporadic due to their crepuscular and cryptic habits. At …

The pygmy slow loris Nycticebus pygmaeus is a little-studied primate endemic to Vietnam,
Laos, southern China and eastern Cambodia. Our study aimed to gain local knowledge on …

The extent of planted forests has greatly increased in the tropics, but their conservation
value while assumed to be low, is largely unknown. We compared the density and …

For over a century, ecologists have been interested in surveying wildlife populations to
describe their distribution, abundance, dispersion, and temporal trends. Primates are no …

Despite being protected throughout their range, the illegal trade in slow lorises is a clear
impediment to their conservation. Little is known about this trade from Myanmar. We report …