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Field Sites in Bangladesh

We invite everybody to contribute. Do you know a gibbon field site which should be included here? Please send an e-mail to the webmaster. Kaptai National Park, CHT, Bangladesh Field site coordinates: 3 km around 22° 28.890' N, 92° 13.472' E. Contact persons: Dr. Md. Anwarul Islam and: Suprio Chakma Phone: 880-2-8 31 20 24 or: 880-2-01 75 25 64 40 Fax: 880-2-8 31 46 02 E-mail addresses: mahrukh@dhaka.net supriochakma@yahoo.com Mailing address: Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh COSMOS Centre, 69/1 New Circular Road Malibagh, Dhaka-1217 Bangladesh. Research Objectives: To study the population, impact of forest fragmentation, and adaptive behaviour in different vegetation structures of hoolock gibbon (Hoolock hoolock) Other primate species found at field site: Phayre's langur (Trachypithecus phayrei) Capped langur (Trachypithecus pileatus) Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) Pig-tailed macaque (Macaca leonina) Slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) Comment: Largest gibbon population in Bangladesh. Project begin and end dates: Ongoing

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