Tilo Nadler

Tilo Nadler (born 24 December 1941) is a primatologist and the founder of Endangered Primate Rescue Center (EPRC), which is the first wildlife rehabilitation center in Indochina.

Life

Nadler was born in Dresden, Germany. He is the son of Arthur Heinrich Nadler and Irma (née Herbeke) Nadler and survived the Bombing of Dresden in World War II as a four-year-old along with his parents and younger sister Bia. The Partition of Germany led to regimented educational choices for citizens of Demokratische Republik (DDR) or East Germany and Nadler studied aircon engineering despite his aptitude for biology.[1][1]

Nadler became an avid birder and pursued ornithological research [2-16] in the Eastern Bloc countries and served as head biologist in the 32nd Soviet Antarctic Expedition. He was funded for three years by the Frankfurt Zoological Society to train park rangers of Vietnam's Cuc Phuong National Park (CPNP), starting January 1993 to protect the habitat of the rediscovered endemic and critically endangered Delacour's langur. Just months into the project, two subadult male Delacour's langurs were confiscated by rangers and Nadler was tasked with hand-raising them.[17][2] EPRC was born out of the necessity to handle many newly rescued endangered primates including the Cat Ba Langur,[18,19] Tonkin snub-nosed monkey and Gray-shanked douc langur (GSD).

Discovery

Nadler and his team are credited with the discovery of GSD as a new primate species in 2001 [20][3] as also the rediscovery of the Black langur [21], the black morph of Hatinh langur that could well be a separate species and is in the realm of ongoing research.[22][4] His research paved the way in splitting the silvered langur into two genetically distinct species, the Indochinese silvered (T.germaini) and Annamese silvered (T.margarita)[23,24]. Nadler and co-workers discovered a new crested gibbon species, the northern yellow-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus annamensis) in 2010.[25][5]

Nadler has earned repute as a leaf monkey or langur specialist, designer-cum-fabricator of housing and semi-wilderness areas for langurs, gibbons and lorises, reintroduction ecologist for Vietnamese primates, founder-editor of Vietnamese Journal of Primatology and conservationist working with communities for primate conservation. Van Long Nature Reserve is Vietnam's first and only reserve dedicated to conserving an endangered primate, the Delacour's langur, at Nadler's behest.

Nadler is married to Nguyen Thi Thu Hien and they have two sons Khiem Nguyen Nadler and Heinrich Nguyen Nadler.

References
  1. 1. Pai, M. (2018): Tilo's Troops - Handiwork of a Primatologist in Vietnam. Manipal University Press (MUP), India. ISBN 9789382460862
  2. 17. Nadler, T. (1996): Report on the Distribution and Status of Delacour's langur (Trachypithecus delacouri). Asian Primates 6, 1-4.
  3. 20. Roos, C. & Nadler, T. (2001): Molecular evolution of the Douc Langurs. Zool. Garten (N.F.) 71, 1-6.
  4. 22. Groves, C.G. (pers.comm.) In, Pai, M (2018). Tilo's Troops - Handiwork of a Primatologist in Vietnam. Manipal University Press (MUP), India. ISBN 9789382460862
  5. 25. Van Ngoc Thinh, Mootnick AR, Vu Ngoc Thanh, Nadler T & Roos C (2010): A new species of crested gibbon, genus Nomascus from the central Annamite mountain range. Vietnamese J. Primatol. 1(4), 1-12.

Sources

1. Pai, M. (2018): Tilo's Troops - Handiwork of a Primatologist in Vietnam. Manipal University Press (MUP), India. ISBN 9789382460862

2. Nadler, T. (1967): Nonnensteinschmätzer (Oenanthe leucomela) brütet in Ungarn. Beitr. Vogelkd. 13, 135.

3. Nadler, T. (1967): Beobachtungen an Trauer-, Weißflügel- und Weißbartseeschwalben (Chlidonians nigra, -leucoptera, -hydrida). Falke 14, 292–294.

4. Nadler, T. (1969): Zur Biologie der Brachschwalbe, Glareola pratincola. Falke 16, 232–236.

5. Nadler, T. (1970): Zum Vorkommen der Sumpfohreule (Asio flammeus) in Thüringen. Thür. Orn. Rundbrief 16, 13.

6. Nadler, T. (1974): Die Kurzzehenlerche (Calandrella brachydactyla) - ein Brutvogel Ungarns. Falke 21, 12–17.

7.  Nadler, T. (1975): Ein neuer Brutplatz des Weidensperlings (Passer hispaniolensis) in Rumänien. Beitr. Vogelkd. 21, 148–150.

8. Nadler, T.  & Ihle, U. (1988): Beobachtungen am Feldrohrsänger, Acrocephalus agricola, in Bulgarien. Limicola 2, 205–217.

9. Nadler, T. & Königstedt D. (1986): Zur Unterscheidung von Mongolenregenpfeifer (Charadrius mongolus) und Wüstenregenpfeifer (C. leschenaultii) und zuihrem Vorkommen in der Mongolei. Zool. Abh. Tierk. Mus. Dresden 42, 79-106.

10.  Nadler, T. (1982): Columbidae und Alaudidae. In: Mauersberger, G., Wagner, S., Wallschläger, D. & Warthold, R. - Neue Daten zur Avifauna Mongolica.  Mitt. zool. Mus. Berlin 58, 11–74.

11. Nadler, T. & Ansorge, H. (1982): Verbreitung und Hybridisation von Felsentauben (Columba livia Gmelin) und Klippentauben (Columba rupestris Pallas) in der Mongolei. Mitt. zool. Mus.Berlin 58, 141–158.

12. Nadler, T. (1985): Überzaehlige Steuerfedern und ihre Mauser bei einer Klippentaube Columba rupestris). Ann. Orn. 9, 141–143.

13. Nadler, T. & Gebauer, A. (1985): Zur Hybridisation von Felsentauben (Columba livia) und Klippentauben (C. rupestris) und vergleichende Untersuchungen ihres Verhaltens. Ann. Orn. 9, 93-106.

14. Nadler, T. (1976): Die Zwergseeschwalbe (Sterna albifrons). Monographie. Ziemsen-Verlag, Wittenberg.

15. Nadler, T. (1976): Untersuchungen zum Eieinrollen der Zwergseeschwalbe (Sterna albifrons). Falke 23, 114–120.

16. Nadler, T. (1978):  Zwergseeschwalben als Dachbrüter. Falke 25, 418–421.

17. Nadler, T. (1996): Report on the Distribution and Status of Delacour's langur (Trachypithecus delacouri). Asian Primates 6, 1–4.

18. Nadler, T.  & Ha Thang Long (2000): The Cat Ba Langur: Past, Present and Future –  The definitive report on Trachypithecus poliocephalus, the world's rarest primate. Frankfurt Zoological Society, Hanoi.

19. Nadler, T. (1999): Golden-headed langur (Trachypithecus poliocephalus) in the Endangered Primate Rescue Center, Vietnam and the situation of the species in the wild. EPRC-Newsletter 4, 17–19.

20. Roos, C. & Nadler, T. (2001): Molecular evolution of the Douc Langurs. Zool. Garten (N.F.) 71, 1–6.

21. Nadler, T. (1997): Black langur rediscovered. Asian Primates 6, 10-12 and 33.

22. Groves, C.G. (pers.comm.) In, Pai, M (2018). Tilo's Troops - Handiwork of a Primatologist in Vietnam. Manipal University Press (MUP), India. ISBN 9789382460862

23. Nadler, T., Walter, L. & Roos, C. (2005): Molecular evolution, systematics and distribution of the taxa within the silvered langur species group (Trachypithecus [cristatus]) in Southeast Asia. Zool. Garten N.F. 75, 238–247.

24. Hoang Minh Duc, Covert HH, Roos C & Nadler T. (2012): A note on phenotypical and genetic  differences of silvered langurs in Indochina (Trachypithecus germaini and T. margarita). Vietnamese J. Primatol. 2(1), 47–54.

25. Van Ngoc Thinh, Mootnick AR, Vu Ngoc Thanh, Nadler T & Roos C (2010): A new species of crested gibbon, genus Nomascus from the central Annamite mountain range. Vietnamese J. Primatol. 1(4), 1-12.

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