塔那河紅疣猴

哺乳动物物种

塔那河紅疣猴學名Piliocolobus rufomitratus[2],又名塔納疣猴,是近肯雅東南部塔納河長廊林中特有的一種瀕危猴子。牠們以往被分類為西方紅疣猴亞種[3]

塔那河紅疣猴
科學分類 編輯
界: 動物界 Animalia
門: 脊索動物門 Chordata
綱: 哺乳綱 Mammalia
目: 靈長目 Primates
科: 猴科 Cercopithecidae
屬: 紅疣猴屬 Piliocolobus
種:
塔那河紅疣猴 P. rufomitratus
二名法
Piliocolobus rufomitratus
(Peters, 1879)

塔那河紅疣猴是世界上最瀕危的25種靈長類之一。[4]牠們與塔那河長尾猴是1978年在塔納河成立保護區的原因[5],但在此區內仍受有人類的騷擾。[6]

參考

  1. ^ Butynski, T.M., Struhsaker, T. & De Jong, Y. Procolobus rufomitratus ssp. rufomitratus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. [2008-11-27]. 
  2. ^ Groves, C.P. Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. , 編. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. 2005: 170. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. LCCN 2005001870. OCLC 62265494. OL 3392515M.  NLC 001238428.
  3. ^ Kingdon, J. The Kingdon Guide to African Mammals. London: Academic Press Limited. 1997. ISBN 0-12-408355-2. 
  4. ^ Butynski, T. M. Tana River Red Colobus, Procolobus rufomitratus (Peters, 1879). R. A. Mittermeier, C. Valladares-Pádua, A. B. Rylands, A. A. Eudey, T. M. Butynski, J. U. Ganzhorn, R. Kormos, J. M. Aguiar and S. Walker (eds.) (編). Primates in Peril: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates 2004-2006. Washington, DC: Report to IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group (PSG), International Primatological Society (IPS) and Conservation International (CI). 2005: 17. (原始內容存檔於2011-07-23). 
  5. ^ Kenya WildLife Service. Tana River National Primate Reserve. [2008-07-20]. (原始內容存檔於2008-10-07). 
  6. ^ African Conservation Foundation. Kenya's rare monkey species threatened with extinction. [2008-07-20]. (原始內容存檔於2008-10-12).