Thomas Defler

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Thomas R. Defler (born 26 November 1941; Denver, Colorado[1]) is a North American primatologist who lives and works in Colombia.

Defler earned his

FARC guerrillas.[2][3] He had run a primate rehabilitation center in Vaupes.[4] He is the author of several papers about primates and of the books Primates de Colombia (2003), Primates of Colombia (2004) and Historia Natural de los Primates Colombianos (2010) .[1][2] He edited a monograph on woolly monkeys as well.[5]

Currently, he heads another Amazonian research station that he has developed in the southern Colombian Amazon, Estación Ecológica Omé, that is affiliated with the

Venezuelan red howler
(Alouatta seniculus) and has accomplished many primate censuses in different parts of eastern Colombia.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Thomas R. Defler". Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-1-881173-83-0
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  3. ^ Semple, K. (2000), A habitat held hostage
  4. ^ "In Colombia, activist works to preserve monkeys". Los Angeles Times. July 10, 2010. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  5. ISBN 9781493906963
    .
  6. doi:10.1896/052.022.0104
    . 136211.
  7. S2CID 83583912
    . 136211.
  8. NTDTV. Archived from the original
    on 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  9. ^ Moseman, A. (August 13, 2010). "Rare Redbearded Monkeys Found Living in Colombia". CBS News. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  10. ISBN 978-1-881173-83-0
    .
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