Højlandsmangabey
| Højlandsmangabey | |
|---|---|
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| Bevaringsstatus | |
 Kritisk truet (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
| Videnskabelig klassifikation | |
| Rige | Animalia (Dyr) |
| Række | Chordata (Chordater) |
| Klasse | Mammalia (Pattedyr) |
| Orden | Primates (Primater) |
| Familie | Cercopithecidae (Marekatte) |
| Slægt | Rungwecebus (Mangabeyer) |
| Art | R. kipunji |
| Videnskabeligt artsnavn | |
| Rungwecebus kipunji Jones et al. 2005 | |
| Kort | |
 (c) IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, species assessors and the authors of the spatial data., CC BY-SA 3.0 | |
| Hjælp til læsning af taksobokse | |
Højlandsmangabey (Rungwecebus kipunji) er en mangabey-abe, der først blev beskrevet af videnskaben i 2005, selvom den lokalt var kendt under navnet kipunji. Den er dermed den første nye afrikanske primatart siden 1984. Arten lever i Tanzanias højland. Den lever i højder på op til 2500 m.
Kilder og eksterne henvisninger
- ^ Davenport, T. R. B. & Jones, T. (2008). Rungwecebus kipunji. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2008. Hentet den 11. juli 2016.
- BBC: New African monkey discovered
- National Science Foundation press release
- Highland Mangabey's honk-bark Arkiveret 26. oktober 2005 hos Wayback Machine (in .WAV format)
- Video of Highland Mangabey Arkiveret 26. oktober 2005 hos Wayback Machine (in MPEG format)
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Status iucn3.1 CR da.svg
Forfatter/Opretter:
Modified conservation status system image from original, with Danish texts.
Forfatter/Opretter:
- Status_iucn3.1_CR.svg: Peter Halasz
- Derivative work: Jeffrey Lins
Modified conservation status system image from original, with Danish texts.
Kipunji walking h.jpg
Full-body view of Lophocebus kipunji (Ehardt et al. 2005 sp. nov.). Note the animal's long fur, coat color, lighter area on chest and distal tail and characteristic tail carriage. The artist's reconstruction was drawn from research video taken by C. L. Ehardt in Tanzania in the Ndundulu Forest of the Udzungwa Mountains and in the Southern Highlands.
Full-body view of Lophocebus kipunji (Ehardt et al. 2005 sp. nov.). Note the animal's long fur, coat color, lighter area on chest and distal tail and characteristic tail carriage. The artist's reconstruction was drawn from research video taken by C. L. Ehardt in Tanzania in the Ndundulu Forest of the Udzungwa Mountains and in the Southern Highlands.
Kipunji area.png
(c) IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, species assessors and the authors of the spatial data., CC BY-SA 3.0
Kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji) range
(c) IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, species assessors and the authors of the spatial data., CC BY-SA 3.0
Kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji) range