{"id":1837492,"date":"2017-12-27T20:26:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T19:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=1837492"},"modified":"2019-12-23T01:27:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T12:27:05","slug":"photographic-maps-for-the-primates-warthogs-dik-diks-and-hyraxes-of-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/photographic-maps-for-the-primates-warthogs-dik-diks-and-hyraxes-of-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographic Maps for the Primates, Warthogs, Dik-diks, and Hyraxes of Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Yvonne A. de Jong and Thomas M. Butynski, Eastern Africa Primate Diversity and Conservation Program, wildsolutions.nl<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The design and implementation of effective conservation measures for primates, warthogs, dik-diks, and hyraxes requires an efficient, low cost, and accessible resource for the identification of species and subspecies. Although photographs cannot replace an adequate museum collection as a resource for assessing species variation, geotagged photographs are a relatively fast, inexpensive, convenient, and unobtrusive means for detecting and assessing phenotypic variation within a species\/subspecies over large areas. The use of photographs to document phenotypic characters will become increasingly\u00a0important as the collection of specimens for hands-on assessments becomes ever more difficult.<\/p>\n

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Kenya lesser galago Galago senegalensis braccatus<\/em>, Mwea NR, Kenya. Photograph by Yvonne A. de Jong & Thomas M. Butynski, wildsolutions.nl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our 15 newly up-graded on-line photographic maps (or \u2018PhotoMaps\u2019), with over 3165 images (December 2017) of African primates, warthogs, dik-diks, and hyraxes, together with the latest distribution maps, provide insight into each taxon\u2019s phenotypic characters, diversity and biogeography. These freely available (wildsolutions.nl<\/a>)\u00a0\u2018living\u2019 collections of geotagged images are a practical tool for documenting and discussing diversity, taxonomy, biogeography, distribution and conservation status and, therefore, for planning actions for conservation. PhotoMaps are useful to those who want to\u00a0identify species\/subspecies,\u00a0know which species\/subspecies occur in which areas,\u00a0obtain species\/subspecies photographs,\u00a0confirm species\/subspecies distribution,\u00a0 or who want describe variation within a species\/subspecies, especially as it relates to geographic distribution.<\/p>\n

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Adult male Kirk\u2019s dik-dik Madoqua (kirkii)\u00a0<\/em>kirkii<\/em>, Samburu National Reserve, central Kenya.\u00a0 Photograph by Yvonne A. de Jong and Thomas M. Butynski, wildsolutions.nl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you have photographs of African primates, warthogs, dik-diks, or hyraxes from the less documented areas of Africa (i.e., gaps on the PhotoMaps), please consider contributing them to the PhotoMaps. The\u00a0 photographers name is attached to each photograph. Anyone wishing to use a PhotoMap photograph must obtain both permission and the photograph from the photographer. Send your photographs,\u00a0and the coordinates and\/or place name of the site where the photographs were obtained, to yvonne@wildsolutions.nl. Your help is much appreciated!<\/p>\n

PhotoMaps are free-access at wildsolutions.nl.\u00a0<\/a>We\u00a0thank\u00a0Arnoud\u00a0de\u00a0Jong for his technical expertise and great help with the PhotoMaps.<\/p>\n

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Desert warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus<\/em> at Lekurruki Group Ranch, Laikipia, Kenya. Photograph by Yvonne A. de Jong & Thomas M. Butynski, wildsolutions.nl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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