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The western red colobus is frequently hunted by the common chimpanzee. [6] The members of this genus are found in western, central and eastern Africa, and the species have largely allo-or parapatric distributions. They are primarily arboreal and most are restricted to humid forests, but the Zanzibar red colobus prefers
The celebrated animals in the park are mostly primates, including chimpanzee, beach comber olive baboon, red-tailed monkey, and red colobus monkey. The park is the site of Jane Goodall's ongoing study of chimpanzee behaviour, which started in 1960. [15] [16] The study has reported 150 individuals who are familiar with humans.
Chimpanzees also engage in targeted hunting of smaller primates, such as the red colobus [79] and bush babies. [ 80 ] [ 81 ] Males who acquire the meat may share it with females to have sex or for grooming.
The order Primates consists of 505 extant species belonging to 81 genera. This does not include hybrid species or extinct prehistoric species. Modern molecular studies indicate that the 81 genera can be grouped into 16 families; these families are divided between two named suborders and are grouped in those suborders into named clades, and some of these families are subdivided into named ...
The chimpanzee is on the IUCN Red List as an endangered species. Chimpanzees are legally protected in most of their range and are found both in and outside national parks. Between 172,700 and 299,700 individuals are thought to be living in the wild, [2] a decrease from about a million chimpanzees in the early 1900s. [191]
Old World monkey genera include baboons (genus Papio), red colobus (genus Piliocolobus), and macaques (genus Macaca). Common names for other Old World monkeys include the talapoin, guenon, colobus, douc (douc langur, genus Pygathrix), vervet, gelada, mangabey (a group of genera), langur, mandrill, drill, surili , patas, and proboscis monkey.
Western red colobus; Udzungwa red colobus; Zanzibar red colobus; Pennant's colobus; Tana River red colobus; Temminck's red colobus; Ugandan red colobus; Javan surili; Sumatran surili; Mentawai langur; Black snub-nosed monkey; Golden snub-nosed monkey; Kashmir gray langur; François' langur; Gee's golden langur; Germaine's lutung; Hatinh langur ...
The western red colobus grows to a head-and-body length of 450 to 670 mm (18 to 26 in) with a tail of 520 to 800 mm (20 to 31 in), and a weight of between 5 and 11 kg (11 and 24 lb). It has red or chestnut-brown head and limbs and black, slatey-grey or dark brown upper parts. It does not have long fringes of hair, or tufts of hair on the tail.