New Publication: Distribution and Conservation Status of the Mount Kilimanjaro Guereza
Distribution and Conservation Status of the Mount Kilimanjaro Guereza Colobus guereza caudatus Thomas, 1885
By T.M. Butynski & Y.A. de Jong, Primate Conservation 29
Abstract: The Mount Kilimanjaro guereza Colobus guereza caudatus is considered to be endemic to northeast Tanzania. This paper presents the first records for C. g. caudatus in Kenya, describes the distribution of this subspecies, and assesses its conservation status. In September 2014, we found C. g. caudatus in southeast Kenya in Kitobo Forest Reserve (1.6 km²) and Loitokitok Forest Reserve (4.2 km²). This subspecies has an altitudinal range of c. 660–3,050 m asl and an ‘Extent of Occurrence’ of c. 4,040 km². These findings are important as they: (1) add one subspecies of primate to Kenya’s primate list; (2) remove one endemic subspecies of primate from Tanzania’s primate list; (3) establish C. g. caudatus as the most threatened primate subspecies in Kenya; (4) change the priorities for actions necessary to maintain Kenya’s primate diversity; and (5) indicate that detailed biodiversity surveys within Kitobo Forest and Loitokitok Forest are likely to yield new data crucial to the conservation of biodiversity in southeast Kenya.
Adult female Mount Kilimanjaro guereza (Colobus guereza caudatus) at Kitobo Forest Reserve, central south Kenya. Notice that the white tail tuft comprises about 80% of the tail. No other subspecies of guereza has such an extensive tail tuft. Photograph by Yvonne de Jong and Tom Butynski.
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