Our Vanishing Relative
Subtitle: The Status of Wild Orangutans at the Close of the Twentieth Century
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 30, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 486
ISBN-13: 9780792357544
Subjects: Applied ecology; Primates; 20th century; Nature; Mammals; Science; Nature/Ecology; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Life Sciences - Zoology - General; Life Sciences - Zoology - Primatology; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; Endangered species; Orangutan
First sentence: This report describes the situation of one of the closest living relatives of our own species, whose Malay name orang-utan appropriately means 'forest people'.