One of Africaâs Rarest Primates Protected by⦠Speedbumps
New research quantifies the numbers of endangered Zanzibar red colobus monkey killed by collisions with vehicles and the benefit of installing speedbumps near protected forest areas
Newswise ZANZIBAR CITY
(April 7, 2021) – A new study revealed that a drastic reduction of deaths of one of Africa’s rarest primates, the Zanzibar red colobus (
Piliocolobus kirkii), followed the installation of four speedbumps along a stretch of road where the species frequently crossed.
Zanzibar red colobus are found only in the Zanzibar archipelago and classified as Endangered by the IUCN Red List. Reliant on Unguja Island’s forests for their survival, around half of the species population is found in Jozani-Chwaka Bay National Park.
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ZANZIBAR CITY (April 7, 2021) - A new study revealed that a drastic reduction of deaths of one of Africa s rarest primates, the Zanzibar red colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii), followed the installation of four speedbumps along a stretch of road where the species frequently crossed.
Zanzibar red colobus are found only in the Zanzibar archipelago and classified as Endangered by the IUCN Red List. Reliant on Unguja Island s forests for their survival, around half of the species population is found in Jozani-Chwaka Bay National Park.
In the study, published in
Oryx - The International Journal of Conservation, primatologists from Bangor University, in collaboration with national park managers from Zanzibar and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), assessed mortality from vehicle collisions - a growing threat faced by primates living in increasingly fragmented habitats crisscrossed by roads.
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