Continued Support of the Duke University Center for the Study of Primate Biology and History

这个奖项为杜克大学灵长类动物中心的原灵长类动物收藏的维护提供了新的支持。这些动物对动物行为和进化生物学的研究有特别的兴趣。这些藏品包括许多稀有和濒危物种，包括狐猴和狐猴，其中大部分现在只在马达加斯加的野外发现。杜克灵长类动物研究中心于1966年在国家科学基金会的资助下成立。从那时起，收集的原猴的数量和物种多样性从最初的80个个体增长到大约500个个体，代表了大约17种狐猴和懒猴。大约85%的动物是在该中心饲养的。该奖项提供的资金有助于其他机构的研究人员对这些动物进行研究。虽然它不直接支持他们，但这个奖项促进了该中心开展的一项积极的教育和保护活动。＊＊＊

9512917 Glander This award provides renewed support for maintenance of a collection of prosimian primates maintained at the Duke University Primate Center. These animals are of particular interest for research in animal behavior and in evolutionary biology. The collection includes a number of rare and endangered species, including aye-ayes and sifakas, most of which are now only found in the wild in Madagascar. The Duke Primate Center was established in 1966 with the help of an NSF award. Since then, the number and species diversity of prosimians represented in the collection has grown from the initial 80 individuals to approximately 500 individuals representing approximately 17 species of lemurs and loris. Approximately 85% of the animals were bred at the Center. Funding provided through this award helps make these animals available for study by investigators from other institutions. Although it does not support them directly, this award facilitates a vigorous program of educational and conservation activities carried out by the Center. ***