Going, Going, Gone by Bloomsbury Publishing

Author:Bloomsbury Publishing
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781408186329
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2014-06-05T00:00:00+00:00

WHAT YOU CAN DO…

•Support Fundación Jocotoco’s programme to protect threatened species in the Andes, which it does by increasing the size of the reserves, or by helping fund the long-term management of them by employing local people.

•Visit the website www.fjocotoco.org or see the World Land Trust website, www.worldlandtrust.org.

KIPUNJI

‘AFRICA’S RAREST MONKEY REMAINS SERIOUSLY THREATENED’

SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS CONSERVATION PROGRAMME

COMMON NAME: Kipunji

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Rungwecebus kipunji

SIZE: 85-90cm in height.

STATUS: Critically Endangered.

POPULATION: A complete census has shown that only 1,000 individuals exist.

LIFESPAN: As it is so new to science, the Kipunji’s lifespan is not yet known.

DIET: The Kipunji is omnivorous, but favours fruit. It has at least 122 known food plants.

RANGE: The Kipunji only occurs in montane forest in south-west Tanzania at altitudes between 1,300 and 2,450m in about 70km2 of Rungwe-Livingstone and about 6km2 of Ndundulu forests.

THREATS: Logging, charcoal-making, poaching and unmanaged resource extraction are common. Widely hunted by humans as retribution for, and prevention against, the raiding of crops.

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