Rungwecebus kipunji Gianna Rossi



Rungwecebus Kipunji

Gianna Rossi

TaxonomyOrder: Primates Suborder: Haplorrhini Infraorder: Simiiformes Family: Cercopithecoidea Tribe: Papionini Genus: Rungwecebus Species: Rungewecebus kipunji *Originally placed in the genus Lophocebus but DNA analysis led to placement in Rungwecebus

Geographic Range Discovered in 2005,

endemic to Tanzania Tanzania is along the

east coast of Africa and close to the top of Madagascar

Classified as endangered on the ICUN red list

Habitat Primarily arboreal,

occasionally descend for food or predation

Live in upper montane areas and degraded montane areas

Open areas are avoided and live in highly concentrated areas

Diet Omnivorous Modify diet to each season Folivorous in dry seasons &

frugivorous in wet Diet ranges from tree bark,

leaves, flowers, ripe and unripe fruit, to fungi, moss and lichens.

Mating Limited information at the

time Genital swelling has been

observed, similar to baboons & gelada.

Behaviors are most likely similar to that of baboons & gelada

Parental Investment is likely to be high

Social Strucure

Multimale Ndundulu two

groups of 12 & 17

Vary due to severe habitat degradation

Groups in Rungwe-Livingstone 30-36

Sources Davenport, TR. "Diet and Feeding Patterns in the Kipunji

(Rungwecebus Kipunji) in Tanzania's Southern Highlands: A First Analysis." PubMed (2010): n. pag. 5 Mar. 2010. Web. 9 Nov. 2015. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20204672

Ehardt, Carolyn L., and Thomas M. Butynski. "The Recently Described Highland Mangabey, Lophocebus Kipunji (Cercopithecoidea, Cercopithecinae): Current Knowledge and Conservation Assessmen." Primate Conservation, July 2006. Web.

Boomershine, L. 2007. "Rungwecebus kipunji" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2015 at http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Rungwecebus_kipunji/. Web.