Are Japanese macaques threatened by neuroscience research?
Ardith A. Eudey1, David A. Hill2 & Yasuyuki Muroyama3 Vice chair for Asia, IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group, 164 Dayton Street, Upland, California 91786-3120, USA e-mail: eudey@aol.comSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1D 9QG, UKField Research Center, Primate Research Institute Kyoto University, Inuyama, Aichi 484-8506, Japan As primate biologists who advise the Species Survival Commission (SSC) of IUCN-The World Conservation Union (International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources), we would like to clarify the status of the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata, which was discussed in your recent editorial1.IUCN produces an ongoing updated list of threatened animal species, the so-called Red List, which was distributed electronically for the first time in 2000. To read this story in full you will need to login or make a payment (see right).
