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Ecogeographic segregation of macaque species

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Sympatry in the genusMacaca is restricted to a heartland area in South Asia that is inhabited by eight species. All heartland species apparently are segregated either ecologically or geographically. Available evidence is compatible with the hypothesis that interspecific competition has been a major factor in the evolution of this pattern of ecogeographic segregation.

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  1. Field Museum of Natural History and Chicago State University, USA

    Jack Fooden

  2. Division of Mammals, Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Dirve, 60605, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

    Jack Fooden

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Fooden, J. Ecogeographic segregation of macaque species. Primates 23, 574–579 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02373969

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