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Picture perfect: Camera traps find endangered dryas monkeys


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VIDEO: FAU scientists had to develop specific camera trap methods and placements to reliably detect the dryas monkeys in Lomami National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Credit: Florida Atlantic University, Primatology Lab
The Endangered dryas monkey (Cercopithecus dryas), endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is one of Africa s most mysterious primates. The discovery of the dryas monkey killed by a hunter in the buffer zone of Lomami National Park in 2014 has prompted field research of this small species (5-7 pounds). However, they are difficult to detect because they live in dense vegetation in secondary forest thickets. ....

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