Red Colobus

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

 

The Life of Animals | Red Colobus | The diet of the red colobus monkeys Mainly consists of young leaves, flowers, and unripe fruit They are also known to eat charcoal to help combat the leaves may contain some cyanide. In Addition to sustenance, Evidence Suggests That chimpanzees prey on red colobus to reinforce the social status as well as to attract sexual partners When under attack, the red colobus males congregate to defend Their group while the females gather Their infants and try to escape.
 
 

Black and White Colobus

  
The Life of Animals | Black and White Colobus | Black-and-white colobuses (or colobi) are Old World monkeys of the genus colobus, native to Africa. They are closely related to the brown colobus monkeys of the genus Piliocolobus The word "colobus" comes from Greek κολοβός kolobós ("maimed"), and is so named Because its thumb is a stump.



Colobuses are herbivorous, eating leaves, fruit, flowers, and Twigs. Their habitat includes primary and secondary forest, riverine forest, and wooded grasslands; They are found more in higher density than in other forests logged primary forests. Newborn colobuses are completely white. Colobuses are Important for Their seed dispersals through sloppy eating habits as well as through Their digestive system. 



Patas Monkey


The Life of Animals | Patas Monkey | The Patas monkey lives in multi-female groups of up to 60 individuals (although much larger aggregations have been reported). Once juvenile males reach sexual maturity (around the age of 4 years old) They leave the group, usually joining the all-male groups. The Patas monkey has a remarkably high reproductive rate, Perhaps as an evolutionary response to the high adult mortality rates associated with this strongly terrestrial lifestyle



There is some confusion Surrounding the number of valid subspecies, with some listing four and others listing two; the western Erythrocebus Patas Patas (Common Patas; with a black nose) and the eastern Erythrocebus Patas pyrrhonotus .
 

Golden Snub Nosed Monkey

  
The Life of Animals | Golden Snub Nosed Monkey | The change in home range size and location is dependent upon the availability and distribution of food. One of the largest home ranges found covered 40 km2 The golden snub-nosed monkey lives in temperate areas. It is limited to broadleaf deciduous, broadleaf deciduous-mixed Conifer, Conifer forests or


The golden snub-nosed monkey eats (from greatest to least in amount) lichens, young leaves, fruits or seeds, buds, mature leaves, herbs, bark, and flowers. This diet varies from season to season, showing a correlation once again the between food availability and home range. The monkeys' preferred lichen species seem to be Connus controversa, Cerasus discadenia, Salix willichiana, and Malus halliana. The golden snub-nosed monkey Gives birth from March to June



The golden snub-nosed monkey is endangered due to habitat loss. For instance, lichens are the main staple of the monkey's diet and dead trees have the greatest lichen coverage. Unfortunately, dead trees are harvested, thus reducing the quality of the habitat and availability of food. The monkey is a highly selective feeder, so damage to its habitat Seriously Impacts the species.




Spectacled Langur

  
The Life of Animals | Spectacled Langur | The spectacled langur is one of the largest Primates at Monkeyland. Interestingly, infants are orange Pls They are born! By 9 months of age infants change to the gray-black color of adults. Female head and body length in this species is 425-595 mm and tail length varies from 635-813 mm. Females weigh approximately 4.994 to 8.626 g. Female head and body length is 420-675 mm and tail length is 570-790 mm. Males weigh around 6.129 to 9.080 g. The spectacled langur adult brain weighs 67.6 g.


Spectacled langurs live in primary forest (mature and Untouched), secondary forest (regenerated), Lowland forest (altitudes below 1 km) as well as submontane and montane forest up to 1.828 m. Spectacled langurs are arboreal and quadrupedal. Spectacled langurs travel 0.95 miles per day on average. 



Gestation in spectacled langurs is approximately 150 days. One observational study of a single captive male spectacled langur characterized the mother-infant relationship throughout the first year of life. Due to limited study, the lifespan of wild-spectacled langurs is unknown.