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Invalidation of taxa within the silvery wooly monkey (Lagothrix lagothricha poeppigii, Atelidae, Primates).
Mitochondrial DNA. Part A, DNA mapping, sequencing, and analysis - 1 May 2020
Ruiz-García Manuel, Pinedo-Castro Myreya, Albino Aymara, Arias-Vásquez Jessica Yanina, Castellanos Armando, Shostell Joseph Mark
Abstract excerpt
The systematics of the Humboldt's wooly monkeys (L. lagothricha; Atelidae) is essential to preserve this Neotropical primate species. Traditionally, four morphological subspecies have been described, which recently have been molecularly confirmed. However, no population genetics studies have been carried out throughout the geographical distribution of one of these subspecies, Lagothrix lagothricha poeppigii. For...
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