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We analyzed biogeographic patterns of central African forest primates using a large locality sampling. Parsimony analyses of endemicity were performed simultaneously and separately on guenons and other primate fauna, on all localities and taxa, or by applying geographical and ecological filters. Results allow a reassessment of the delineation of forest faunal regions. Classic faunal regions are supported by this new and independent analysis, notably South Congo and East Congo. However, the West Central region reveals an unsuspected complexity, with two subunits South Ogooue and West Congo mixed with an otherwise largely unresolved intergradation zone.
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Colyn, M., Deleporte, P. (2004). Biogeographic Analysis of Central African Forest Guenons. In: Glenn, M.E., Cords, M. (eds) The Guenons: Diversity and Adaptation in African Monkeys. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48417-X_6
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