Zoologist Honored for Work With Primates

Donald Lindburg, whose research led to the successful reproduction of pandas at the San Diego Zoo, has been honored as a distinguished primatologist by the American Society of Primatologists.

Lindburg, 70, was honored this week for his lifelong contribution to the systematic study of endangered primates. He is a founding member of the society.

As head of the zoo's giant panda conservation program, he researched panda reproduction behavior and panda birth and development.

In the 1960s, he studied rhesus monkeys in India and he is also known for his studies of the endangered lion-tailed macaque, the cheetah and the California condor.