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2025.4.12.
  Gibbon : Chaco died.

2025.3.17.
  Chimpanzee : Marilyn was moved from the previous facilities.

2025.3.10.
  Orangutan : Uran was moved from the previous facilities.

2025.3.7.
  Orangutan : Jurry died.

2025.2.25.
  Gibbon : Tetsuji died.

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Takeshi Nishimura, Isao T. Tokuda, Shigehiro Miyachi, Jacob C. Dunn, Christian T. Herbst, Kazuyoshi Ishimura, Akihisa Kaneko, Yuki Kinoshita, Hiroki Koda, Jaap P. P. Saers, Hirohiko Imai, Tetsuya Matsuda, Ole Næsbye Larsen, Uwe Jürgens, Hideki Hirabayashi, Shozo Kojima, W. Tecumseh Fitch(2022) Evolutionary loss of complexity in human vocal anatomy as an adaptation for speech
*Science*, Vol 377, Issue 6607, pp. 760-763
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm1574

Kristin Havercamp, Koshiro Watanuki, Masaki Tomonaga, Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Satoshi Hirata(2019) Longevity and mortality of captive chimpanzees in Japan from 1921 to 2018
*Primates*, 60: 525-535
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-019-00755-8

Yusuke Hamazaki, Hiroto Akuta, Hikaru Suzuki, Hideyuki Tanabe, Kenji Ichiyanagi, Takuya Imamura, Masanori Imamura(2025) Generation and characterization of induced pluripotent stem cells of small apes
*Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology*, vol 13:1536947
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2025.1536947

Yasuhiro Kikuchi, Hideki Amano, Naomichi Ogihara, Masato Nakatsukasa, Yoshihiko Nakano, Daisuke Shimizu, Yutaka Kunimatsu, Hiroshi Tsujikawa, Tomo Takano, Hidemi Ishida(2025) Retrodeformation and functional anatomy of a cranial thoracic vertebra in Nacholapithecus kerioi
*Journal of Human Evolution*, Vol.198
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2024.103613

Takashi Hayakawa, Takushi Kishida, Yasuhiro Go, Eiji Inoue, Eri Kawaguchi, Tomoyuki Aizu, Hinako Ishizaki, Atsushi Toyoda, Asao Fujiyama, Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Chie Hashimoto, Takeshi Furuichi & Kiyokazu Agata(2025) Genome-scale evolution in local populations of wild chimpanzees
* scientific reports*, 15:548
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-84163-z

Results of GAIN

There are 102 species of nonhuman primates kept in the zoos and other facilities in Japan.

The count is at the point of March 31 2015 and excludes the hybrids and miscellaneous individuals.