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22 - Directions for Future Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2022

Ikki Matsuda
Affiliation:
Chubu University Academy of Emerging Sciences
Cyril C. Grueter
Affiliation:
University of Western Australia, Perth
Julie A. Teichroeb
Affiliation:
University of Toronto Scarborough
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This comprehensive overview of the behavioural and ecological diversity of the colobines shows that we have greatly expanded our understanding of the taxonomy, phylogeny, morphology, natural history, behaviour and conservation status of this subfamily since Glyn Davies and John Oates (1994) published the first book on them. Nonetheless, there remain many gaps in our knowledge. In Chapter 2, Roos highlights that our current understanding of the taxonomy of colobines should be considered preliminary because classifications are still largely based on phenotypic differences between museum specimens. Changes will likely need to be implemented as data become available on ecology, behaviour, morphology and especially genetics of many species and subspecies. Roos also notes that relative to the cercopithecines, colobines are neglected in study effort and thus new findings have the potential to expand our understanding of their taxonomic diversity, especially in genera such as Piliocolobus, Colobus, Presbytis, Trachypithecus and Semnopithecus that are found over large geographic areas and are species-rich.

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The Colobines
Natural History, Behaviour and Ecological Diversity
, pp. 394 - 398
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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