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Rodrigo Costa-Araujo, Jose S. Silva, Jean P. Boubli, Rogerio V. Rossi, Gustavo R. Canale, Fabiano R. Melo, Fabricio Bertuol, Felipe E. Silva, Diego A. Silva, Stephen D. Nash, Iracilda Sampaio, Izeni P. Farias, Tomas Hrbek
Summary: Amazonia has the richest primate fauna in the world, but the diversity and distribution of Amazonian primates are still little known, especially in the rapidly deforesting Amazonian arc. A new species of Mico marmoset has been discovered within the M. emiliae epithet, highlighting the taxonomic uncertainties in this region. This study clarifies the distribution and relationships of Mico species in the Amazonian arc of deforestation, filling gaps in the conservation of primates.
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Alexei V. Chernyshev, Neonila E. Polyakova
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Marie L. Verheye, Cedric D'Udekem D'Acoz
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Fabio Alfieri, Leo Botton-Divet, John A. Nyakatura, Eli Amson
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Bo-Yang Shi, Da Pan, Kang-Qin Zhang, Tian-Yu Gu, Darren C. J. Yeo, Peter K. L. Ng, Neil Cumberlidge, Hong-Ying Sun
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Ying Qi, Zhaoyan Zhong, Xu Liu, Xing He, Yadong Zhou, Lili Zhang, Chong Chen, Katrin Linse, Jian-Wen Qiu, Jin Sun
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Anna Cho, Denis Tikhonenkov, Gordon Lax, Kristina I. Prokina, Patrick J. Keeling
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Tian-Tian Xue, Steven B. Janssens, Bin-Bin Liu, Sheng-Xiang Yu
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MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION
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