Cercopithecus mitis ssp. kandti
– Endangered
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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MAMMALIA
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Order:
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PRIMATES
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Family:
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CERCOPITHECIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Cercopithecus mitis ssp. kandti
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Infra-specific Authority:
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Matschie, 1905
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | GOLDEN GUENON, GOLDEN MONKEY |
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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EN B1+2c ver 2.3 (1994)
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Year Assessed:
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2000
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Assessor/s:
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Butynski, T. & Members of the Primate Specialist Group
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Evaluator/s:
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Mittermeier, R.A., Konstant, W.R. & Rylands, A.B. (Primate Red List Authority)
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History:
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| 1996 | - | Endangered (Baillie and Groombridge 1996) |
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Geographic Range
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Countries:
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Native:
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Rwanda; Uganda
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Habitat and Ecology
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System:
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Terrestrial
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List of Habitats:
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| 1.9 | Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane |
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Threats
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List of Threats:
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| 1.1.1 | Habitat Loss/Degradation - Agriculture - Crops (ongoing) |
| 1.3.3 | Habitat Loss/Degradation - Extraction - Wood (ongoing) |
| 1.4.2 | Habitat Loss/Degradation - Infrastructure development - Human settlement (ongoing) |
| 3.1 | Harvesting (hunting/gathering) - Food (ongoing) |
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Conservation Actions
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List of Conservation Actions:
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| 3.9 | Research actions - Trends/Monitoring (needed) |
| 4.1 | Habitat and site-based actions - Maintenance/Conservation (needed) |
| 4.4 | Habitat and site-based actions - Protected areas (needed) |
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Bibliography
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Bibliography:
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Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler). 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
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