Patas Survey
Yvonne A. de Jong Thomas M. Butynski
wildsolutions@gmail.com
June 2011
Laikipia Patas Monkey
| To
manage Laikipia’s patas population, it is important to monitor
changes in its distribution and size.
Twelve years ago a patas survey was conducted in Laikipia by
Isbell and Chism (2007). This year the Eastern Africa Primate
Diversity and Conservation Program, in cooperation with the
Lolldaiga Hills Biodiversity Research Program, is conducting a new survey
of this population (click here to read the announcement of this
survey in the
Laikipia Wildlife Forum Newsletter). As for the previous surveys, much of the
data will be obtained through a questionnaire. All
owners/managers of large properties in Laikipia are invited to take
a few minutes to complete the questionnaire found below. If you are not a landowner/manager, but have encountered patas in Laikipia (or elsewhere in East Africa) we would appreciated learning more about your observation. Please click here to make a record or your sighting. |
 Eastern patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas pyrrhonotus) Drawing by Stephen Nash |
| We will keep all
participants up–to-date with the results from this survey. |
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