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Rodrigo Costa Araújo, Ph.D.
Science – Conservation – Outreach
I am mainly interested in research and conservation
of primates and forests
As a researcher my objective is to understand how the world's highest diversity of primates have arisen, diversified and assembled in the tropical forests of the Americas
To protect wildlife and humans I generate and
apply baseline science in conservation, and produce educational media pieces
Latest news
New article published! The first dataset of distribution of Amazonian primates is now available, with 192 new records of 22 species and subspecies, as a result of the 10 field expeditions carried out across the arc of deforestation for my Ph.D. thesis. We extend the ranges of Alouatta puruensis, Ateles chamek, and Saimiri collinsi, modify the range of Plecturocebus moloch, clarify the ranges of P. baptista and P. hoffmannsi, and identify potential hybridization zones in Alouatta and Ateles species. Access the paper and the dataset here.
New article published! Based on data from field expeditions across the arc of deforestation, we provide new records and extend the range of Mico chrysoleucos, provide new records and refine the range of M. acariensis, report for the first time the occurrence of a species of Mico on flooded forests, and suggest the existence of a hybrid zone of these two species and also M. melanurus. Access the article here.
Back to the field! My funding proposal to carry out a field expedition this year in Amazonia was just approved. News on the exploration will come out soon!
In August I attended the joint meeting of the International Primatological Society and Malaysian Society of Primatology, where I chaired a symposium with Dr. Tomas Hrbek and Dr. Christian Roos on "Primate evolutionary history in the genomic era" and delivered two talks: one on the evolutionary history and systematics of marmosets and the Goeldi`s monkey, and another one on macroecology and biogeography of Callitrichidae.
New article published! In this study led by Gerson Lopes we robustly support the recognition of all Tamarinus species and subspecies as valid, the divergence between the Saguinus, Oedipomidas and Tamarinus clades and their recognition as distinct genera, and also T. imperator and T. subgrisescens as distinct species, using genomic data. Find the article here.