Primatologist/Conservationists Flashcards
Was the first to do all day follows in the wild in early 1960s.
Pan troglodytes followed at Gombe Stream rainforest, Tanzania
She was funded by Nat Geo, Supported by Louis Leakey
Found Chimps use tools (make stick tools to hunt termites, make war & have close relationships. She is nominated for Nobel Prize.
(Chimpanzees - Gambe)
Jane Goodall
first person to study Bornean Orangutans long term in southern Indonesia.
Beginning in the 1970s she was supported by Louis Leakey and funded by National Geographic.
Discovered that Pongo pygmaeus prefers a fruit diet and has long interbirth intervals (8 years), males solitary most of their lives.
Brute Gladikas
Full day follows of Mountain Gorillas in Ruanda, Africa Karisoke Camp.
In 1960s was supported by Louis Leakey and funded by Nat. Geo.
She reported Gorillas as vegetarians and gentle
giants.
Murdered by poachers in 1985.
Dian Fossey
IUCN Primate Specialist
Group Chair
2019 won the Indianapolis Prize
Spearheaded Primate Action Plans
Conservationist in Brazil and Madagascar
Conservation programs with tshirts and caps
Author of Field Guide to the Lemurs of Madagascar
Megadiversity and Hotspots books
Russ Mittermeler
Illustrated tshirts and field guides for IUCN
Gives nature illustration course
At Stony Brook University
Illustrated the “Field guide to the Lemurs”
Stephen Nash
First to study Woolly spider monkey, Brachyteles arachnoides, Muriqui,
Atlantic Forest, Brazil
Reported no male-male competition for females,
each peacefully waiting his turn. 3 year IBI
Professor of Anthropology at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Karen Strier
Saved Golden lion tamarins from going extinct by reintroducing captive animals to Brazil.
Director of National Zoo in Washington, DC
Famous for Pandas in National Zoo in DC.
Devra Kleiman
Professor of Ecology at Princeton University
First study of lemurs in the wild at Berenty, Madagascar
First study of Female Dominance in Lemurs in the wild in 1962
Allison Jolly
First to study the night monkey, Aotus, in the wild in the Amazon
First to discover the golden bamboo lemur in Madagascar
Spearheaded creation of Ranomafana National Park, one of first ICDPs
Founder of Centre ValBio Research Station
Winner of Indianapolis Prize for Animal Conservation, 2014
Pat Wright
Studied Savannah Chimps in Senegal
Sharpened spears as weapons to kill bushbabies in tree trunk.
Observed brutal murder of male chimps
Fongoli chimp project in Senegal
Jill Pruetz
Peruvian primatologist
Studied yellow tailed woolly monkey in Peru. Founder of Association of Peruvian Primatologists
Awarded Sabin Prize for Primatology
Awarded Indianapolis Prize Young Conservationist
Fanny Cornejo
Studied cotton topped tamarins in the wild
Backpack telemetry for tracking
Population count-IUCN CR
Worked for Disney World in
Conservation
Made protected area in Colombia
Worked with woman to collect
Plastic bags and crochet to make
Conservation bags
Anna Savage
IUCN Red Colobus Network Head
Won Young Conservationist
of Africa Award 2024
IUCN African Primate
Specialist Group
Florence Aghomo
Received PhD at SBU
Studied Varecia at Brink of Extinction in Manombo Reserve
IUCN Primate Specialist
President of International Primatology Society 2022-2025
Jonah Ratsimbazafy
Studied Ebola and SIV in African primates
Professor at Emory University, Georgia
Studies interface between wild Primates and humans in realm of shared pathogens
Tom Gillespie
Zoobamafoo shows for young children starring a lemur
Kratts Creatures middle school conservation shows.
Teach kids important science facts
Kratt Brothers
