Help with Colobus guereza guereza study

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Hey people, would be soooo apreciate to get some help with all or some of these questions.

I know some of you will know the answers. Without any research, this would save me allot of time :D

Colobus guereza guereza and Colobus guereza kikuyuensis
Are they endangered?
main predetors?
main threats?
What is being done to conserve them? and by whom?

Related species?
Evoloution?
Folklore?
Stories?
Information about natural habitat?
Colobus behaviours?

Differance between
Colobus guereza guereza and Colobus guereza kikuyuensis

Referance books?

I cannot tell you how much help with this would be appreciated.:)

PS where is the italix key on a keyboard???
 
You have to use the go advanced option to post in italics. Highlight the text you want to italicize and the click on the italic I on the toolbar.
 
Both subspecies are not considered threatened at the moment and are classified as Least Concern.
 
Nayer love your work!!!
 
bongorob said:
You have to use the go advanced option to post in italics. Highlight the text you want to italicize and the click on the italic I on the toolbar.
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Hi bongorob, apreciate your help.

Just cannot see the italic key?????????? FOUND ITTTT LOL
 
Seems all covered now just for

Evoloution?
Folklore?
Stories?

Thanks in advance all you guys and you couple of girls ;] LOL
 
I've just got back from a field trip to Kibale forest in uganda where there are lots of Colobus guereza. I'm not entirely sure what subspecies they were, even the primate expert wasn't that sure due to the ever changing taxonomy of animals.

They are the logo of the Makere University Biological Field Station which is where a lot of primate research has been done and is still being done. They were quite common around camp and fun to watch at times, although quite a subdued species due to their poor diet.

We did a 6 day research project comparing their niche with red colobus and red-tailed guenon. It was only 6 days as we had other things to do and it was only a 2nd year field trip so more of a taster into tropical field work than anything else. We did get some decent results for 6 days though if it interests you?
 
mjmorg89 said:
I've just got back from a field trip to Kibale forest in uganda where there are lots of Colobus guereza. I'm not entirely sure what subspecies they were, even the primate expert wasn't that sure due to the ever changing taxonomy of animals.

They are the logo of the Makere University Biological Field Station which is where a lot of primate research has been done and is still being done. They were quite common around camp and fun to watch at times, although quite a subdued species due to their poor diet.

We did a 6 day research project comparing their niche with red colobus and red-tailed guenon. It was only 6 days as we had other things to do and it was only a 2nd year field trip so more of a taster into tropical field work than anything else. We did get some decent results for 6 days though if it interests you?
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How cool are the people on zoochat!!!:D:D

I knew if l asked there would be someone this close:)

I would love to hear all about the 6 day study. Also if you could expand on the comment "some decent results for 6 days". I get the idea of a long study is prefered, are you looking at different things, smaller group, only the young???

Also
"Quote" quite a subdued species due to their poor diet."Quote"
Please tell me more
 
The Primate Fact Sheet alludes to this but in detail: the thing I find important about them for zoo design is that they have more catholic dietary habits than most monkeys. So when dry periods come, savanna and forest edge species retreat into the forest but colobus don't have to: they can remain and use the resources available with less competition. They'll eat almost anything and so a well-planted colobus exhibit is difficult to accomplish.
 
Okay close to finished!!

What is a related species to a colobus? Am l looking at other Cercopithecidae. Old world monkeys? I am thinking we are not talking about sub species??

Do l look at the genus or stay with the species?????

Is Evoloution and MORPHOLOGY. similiar???
 
The Arkive page also helps with this; if you click 'species related by family group' on the right, it gives you a list of examples of old world monkeys, of the family Cercopithecidae, which are relatively loosely related to the colobus. Closer still are doucs, proboscis monkeys and various langurs as well as the red colobus species and the olive colobus. All of these are members of the subfamily Colobinae. Apart from other subspecies of Colobus guereza, the closest relatives are other members of the genus Colobus (the black, angola, king and ursine colobus.) Hope that helps.:)
 
So are there 5 species or are they sub species????

The five species in this genus are distinguished by the amount of white markings and by the placement of long silky strands of fur in different locations. The black colobus (C. satanus) has a completely black, glossy coat. Colobus polykomos has a white chest and whiskers and a white, tuftless tail; C. vellerosus has white thigh patches, a white mane framing its face, and a white, tuftless tail; C. guereza has a flat black cap over a white beard and "hairline," a long white mantle extending from the shoulders to the lower back, and a large white tuft on its tail; C. angolensis has long white hairs around the face and on the shoulders, and a white tuft on the end of its tail.
 
Colobus guereza is the species (often known as the eastern black-and-white colobus.) There are thought to be eight subspecies (including C. g. guereza and C. g. kikuyuensis which you mentioned above.) Colobus guereza is a member of the genus Colobus; a group which has four other species: C. satanas (Black colobus), C. angolensis (Angolan colobus), C. polykomos (King colobus) and C. vellerosus (Ursine colobus). Both the black colobus and the angolan colobus also have recognised subspecies of their own. Genetically, the closest related genus (to the genus Colobus) is Piliocolobus (which contains species of red colobus.) If you can cope with all these brackets then I hope that clears things up a bit.
 
Thanks heaps yep getting my head around it now...

And my question Is Evoloution and MORPHOLOGY. similiar???
How do l describe colobus evoloution????
 
Is there local folklore?

I will post my report when complete.
 
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