The highland mangabey Lophocebus kipunji: A new species of African monkey

Science

Volumn 308, Issue 5725, 2005, Pages 1161-1164

  Jones, Trevor ^a   Ehardt, Carolyn L ^b   Butynski, Thomas M ^c   Davenport, Tim R B ^d   Mpunga, Noah E ^d   Machaga, Sophy J ^d   De Luca, Daniela W ^d  

^a Udzungwa Mountains National Park   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Africa Field Division   (Kenya)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; FORESTRY; NATURAL SCIENCES;

EYELIDS; MANGABEYS; SOUTHERN TANZANIA; VENTRUM;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; NEW SPECIES; PRIMATE;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CERCOCEBUS; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; EVOLUTION; EYELID; LOPHOCEBUS KIPUNJI; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; TANZANIA;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; CERCOCEBUS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; TANZANIA; TEMPERATURE; TERMINOLOGY; TREES; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

BIODIVERSITY; COLOR; FORESTRY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; WORLD;

LOPHOCEBUS; LOPHOCEBUS KIPUNJI; PRIMATES;

EID: 18844425203     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1109191     Document Type: Article

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26. C.L.E. (Sanje Mangabey Research Project, SMRP) and T.R.B.D. (Southern Highlands Conservation Programme, SHCP) directed the projects that produced the discoveries. T.J. located and observed the Ndundulu population. T.J., C.L.E., and T.M.B. contributed data for the Ndundulu population; T.R.B.D., N.E.M., S.J.M., and D.W.D. located, observed, and contributed data for the Rungwe-Livingstone population; T.J., C.L.E., T.M.B., and T.R.B.D. wrote the paper with editorial input from N.E.M., S.J.M., and D.W.D. Fieldwork in Rungwe-Livingstone was funded by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) through the SHCP with the generosity of E. McBean, G. Fink, Nikon Incorporated, and an anonymous donor. We thank SHCP staff, R. Ngindale, G. Patterson, Rungwe District Council, P. Chibwaye, Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA), W. Mwakilema, Z. Tweve, J. Maher, and B. Stanley. Fieldwork in Ndundulu (SMRP) was supported by WCS, Primate Society of Great Britain, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Conservation International, Primate Action Fund, the Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation, the University of Georgia Research Foundation, and Primate Conservation, Incorporated. We thank A. Alchard, R. Laizzer, A. Mndeme, Tanzanian Wildlife Research Institute, Tanazania Commission for Science and Technology, TANAPA, Iringa District Council, J. Massao, I. Chahe, J. Mudanga, Q. Luke, and the two anonymous reviewers of the manuscript. Particular thanks to L. Dinesen, T. Lehmberg, and A. Marshall for locational information on Ndundulu; A. Perkin for preparing the sonogram; and A. Polaszek for expert advice on behalf of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.