#colobus

· 3d ago

You’ve likely never heard of the curious Red #Colobus, #WestAfrica’s rarest #primate 🐒🐵🙉 Researchers now know that protecting them and the #rainforest will protect all other rare #species. Fight for their survival! #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

Protecting the rare Red Colobus to safeguard African forests Palm Oil Detectives

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Protecting the rare Red Colobus to safeguard African forests Palm Oil Detectives

Very few people have heard of the rarest primate in #Africa - The Red Colobus. Featuring funky hairstyles and expressive faces they daringly leap between trees to search for food. Every species of red #colobus is under threat from hunting and rainforest clearing for #palmoil, #cocoa and #meat agriculture. Their disappearance from forests heralds the beginning of the vanishing of other animals: gorillas, chimpanzees and elephants. Another successful conservation effort for the Zanzibar red colobu

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· 1mo ago

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One of #WestAfrica and the world’s most endangered #primates 🐵you’ve never heard of is the enchanting Western Red #Colobus of #SierraLeone 🇸🇱 #Liberia 🇱🇷 #PalmOil 🌴☠️ and #poaching are major threats. #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🚫 #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

Western Red Colobus Piliocolobus badius Palm Oil Detectives

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Western Red Colobus Piliocolobus badius Palm Oil Detectives

The Western Red Colobus Piliocolobus badius is one of West Africa’s most #endangered #primates, facing an escalating crisis of habitat loss and overhunting. Once abundant in mature forests across the region, they have been driven to the brink of #extinction by rampant deforestation for charcoal, palm oil and mining and the increasing demand for #bushmeat. Widespread clearing of forests for industrial #palmoil plantations, #mining, and #timber has fragmented their habitat, isolating populations a

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· 2mo ago

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With complex vocalisations and striking halos of white hair, the White-thighed #Colobus 🐵🐒🩷 are arguably rarest #primates in #WestAfrica 🇨🇮 🇬🇭 Help them to survive when you #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🪔🔥🧐⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife in the supermarket! @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

White-thighed Colobus Colobus vellerosus Palm Oil Detectives

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White-thighed Colobus Colobus vellerosus Palm Oil Detectives

The White-thighed Colobus (Colobus vellerosus), also known as the Ursine Colobus or Geoffroy’s Black-and-White Colobus, is a striking primate of West Africa and is currently listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Their numbers have plummeted by over 80% in just three generations due to rampant deforestation driven by logging, agriculture, and expanding palm oil plantations. Intense bushmeat hunting and weakening traditional taboos have further accelerated their decline. With fewer

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· 3mo ago

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#News: Scientists discover new #monkey species in #Congo rainforest. The #Colobus congoensis, known locally as the #Likweli, has striking orange lips and a unique roar. #Palmoil #rubber and #tobacco #agriculture and #mining are threats #BoycottPalmOil Boycott4Wildlife 🐒🌿

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New monkey species with orange lips discovered after years of searching

The monkey — Colobus congoensis — is only the fifth new species of African monkey to be discovered in the past 75 years.

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