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Threats to the monkeys of The Gambia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

E. D. Starin
E. D. Starin
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, City University of New York, Graduate Center, 33 West 42nd Street, New York City, NY, USA.
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Abstract

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There are five, perhaps only four, monkey species in The Gambia and all are under threat. The main problems are habitat destruction, hunting of crop raiders and illegal capture for medical research. The information presented here was collected during a long-term study from March 1978 to September 1983 on the socio-ecology of the red colobus monkey in the Abuko Nature Reserve. Further information was collected during brief periods between February 1985 and April 1989 on the presence of monkeys in the forest parks. It is not systematic nor extensive, but it indicates clearly that action is needed if monkeys are to remain as part of the country's wildlife. The most pressing need is for survey work to supply the information needed to work out a conservation plan.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , October 1989 , pp. 208 - 214
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1989

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