The scientific discovery and subsequent history of the douc monkey Pygathrix nemaeus (Linnaeus, 1771) near Da Nang, Vietnam

IF 0.8 4区 生物学 Q3 ZOOLOGY
Douglas Brandon-Jones
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In 1750 Pierre Poivre donated the holotype of the douc monkey Pygathrix nemaeus to R.-A. F. de Réaumur. Its type locality is here restricted from “Cochinchine” to near Da Nang, Vietnam. In 1757, Buffon appropriated the holotype for the King’s collection, wrongly inferring that the species lacks ischial callosities, and conflating it with the sifaka of Madagascar. “D’ouc” is evidently a corruption of Voọc, the Vietnamese word for colobine monkey. In 1819, a French crew shot 100 doucs before breakfast on a mountain near Da Nang. In 2016, the whole mountain population was estimated at 70. By 1831 doucs had learnt to fear gunfire, but locals accepted their proximity, and provided some protection from meat-seeking foreigners. Several doucs were collected for museums in the 19th and 20th century; in 1897 two even lived for a fortnight at the Jardin des Plantes, Paris. The douc was observed and collected near Da Nang during its miraculous survival of the Vietnam War; its evergreen forest habitat surprisingly resilient. This situation is rapidly deteriorating, as forests are reduced to isolated pockets, and hunting prohibitions unenforced. The closely-monitored Mount Son Tra douc population was expanding, but tourist development is illegally eroding the Nature Reserve.
在越南岘港附近发现的杜猴 Pygathrix nemaeus(林奈,1771 年)及其科学史
1750 年,Pierre Poivre 向 R.-A. F. de Réaumur 捐赠了杜猴 Pygathrix nemaeus 的主模式。F. de Réaumur。它的模式产地从 "Cochinchine "被限制在越南岘港附近。1757 年,布丰(Buffon)将其主模式作为国王的收藏品,错误地推断该物种缺乏趾骨胼胝,并将其与马达加斯加的西法卡混为一谈。D'ouc "显然是越南语 "Voọc "的音译,意为疣猴。1819 年,一名法国船员在岘港附近的一座山上,在早餐前射杀了 100 只疣猴。2016 年,全山的斗鸡数量估计为 70 只。到 1831 年,疣猴已经学会了惧怕枪声,但当地人还是接受了它们的存在,并为它们提供了一些保护,使其免受想吃肉的外国人的伤害。19 世纪和 20 世纪,一些斗鸡被收集到博物馆;1897 年,两只斗鸡甚至在巴黎植物园生活了两个星期。在越南战争期间,杜父鱼奇迹般地存活下来,人们在岘港附近观察并收集杜父鱼;其常绿森林栖息地的生命力令人惊讶。随着森林减少为孤立的小块,狩猎禁令得不到执行,这种情况正在迅速恶化。受到严密监测的山茶麋鹿数量不断增加,但旅游开发却在非法侵蚀自然保护区。
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Mammalia
Mammalia 生物-动物学
CiteScore
2.20
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10.00%
发文量
68
审稿时长
6-12 weeks
期刊介绍: Mammalia is an international, multidisciplinary, bimonthly journal devoted to the inventory, analysis and interpretation of mammalian diversity. It publishes original results on all aspects of the systematics and biology of mammals with a strong focus on ecology, including biodiversity analyses, distribution habitats, diet, predator-prey relationships, competition, community analyses and conservation of mammals. The journal also accepts submissions on sub-fossil or recently extinct mammals.
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