Importance of genetic data from type specimens: The questionable type locality of southern white-cheeked gibbon, <i>Nomascus siki</i> (Delacour, 1951)

Christian Roos; Roberto Portela Miguez; Dietmar Zinner; Tilo Nadler; Van Ngoc Thinh

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Christian Roos, Roberto Portela Miguez, Dietmar Zinner, Tilo Nadler, Van Ngoc Thinh. Importance of genetic data from type specimens: The questionable type locality of southern white-cheeked gibbon, Nomascus siki (Delacour, 1951). Zoological Research, 2022, 43(4): 666-670. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.067

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Christian Roos, Roberto Portela Miguez, Dietmar Zinner, Tilo Nadler, Van Ngoc Thinh. Importance of genetic data from type specimens: The questionable type locality of southern white-cheeked gibbon, Nomascus siki (Delacour, 1951). Zoological Research, 2022, 43(4): 666-670. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.067

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Christian Roos, Roberto Portela Miguez, Dietmar Zinner, Tilo Nadler, Van Ngoc Thinh. Importance of genetic data from type specimens: The questionable type locality of southern white-cheeked gibbon, Nomascus siki (Delacour, 1951). Zoological Research, 2022, 43(4): 666-670. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.067

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Importance of genetic data from type specimens: The questionable type locality of southern white-cheeked gibbon, Nomascus siki (Delacour, 1951)

doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.067

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Gene Bank of Primates, German Primate Center, Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Goettingen 37077, Germany
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Primate Genetics Laboratory, German Primate Center, Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Goettingen 37077, Germany
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Natural History Museum, London SW7 BD, UK
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Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, German Primate Center, Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Goettingen 37077, Germany
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Leibniz Science Campus Primate Cognition, Goettingen 37077, Germany
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Department of Primate Cognition, Georg-August-University, Goettingen 37083, Germany
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Three Monkeys Wildlife Conservancy, Cuc Phuong Commune, Nho Quan District, Ninh Binh Province, Vietnam
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World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Vietnam, Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi, Vietnam

Funds: This study was supported by the German Primate Center

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Corresponding author: E-mail: croos@dpz.eu
Received Date: 2022-04-19
Accepted Date: 2022-07-01

Published Online: 2022-07-04

Publish Date: 2022-07-18

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