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1 December 2010 New Range Limits of the Sun-Tailed Monkey, Cercopithecus solatus, in Central Gabon
Lauren M. Coad, Jean-Jacques Tanga, Fiona Maisels, Kate Abernethy, Nicolas Bout, Michael Fay, Philipp Henschel, Georges Lenglet, Yves Mihindou, Marielle Puit, Malcolm Starkey, Lee White, Olivier S. G. Pauwels
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Abstract

Cercopithecus solatus is a recently discovered monkey endemic to Gabon, present in parts of the Lopé National Park and the Forêt des Abeilles in the center of the country. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List (2010) due to its restricted extent of occurrence and continuing decline in population caused by high hunting pressure. All known field observations of this species are compiled here. Data collected since 1999 show that C. solatus occurs further to the south, east, and west than was previously known, and that its extent of occurrence almost certainly includes three national parks, rather than one.

Lauren M. Coad, Jean-Jacques Tanga, Fiona Maisels, Kate Abernethy, Nicolas Bout, Michael Fay, Philipp Henschel, Georges Lenglet, Yves Mihindou, Marielle Puit, Malcolm Starkey, Lee White, and Olivier S. G. Pauwels "New Range Limits of the Sun-Tailed Monkey, Cercopithecus solatus, in Central Gabon," Primate Conservation 2010(25), 33-41, (1 December 2010). https://doi.org/10.1896/052.025.0108
Received: 27 August 2010; Published: 1 December 2010
KEYWORDS
Cercopithecus solatus
distribution
Gabon
protected areas
Red List
Sun-tailed monkey
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