Rungwecebus

Kipunji
Rungwecebus
kipunji
Gianna Rossi

Gianna
Rossi

Taxonomy
Order: Primates
Suborder: Haplorrhini
Infraorder: Simiiformes
Family: Cercopithecoidea
Tribe: Papionini
Genus: Rungwecebus
Species: Rungewecebus kipunji
*Originally placed in the genus Lophocebus but DNA
analysis led to placement in Rungwecebus

Geographic Range

Discovered in 2005,
endemic to Tanzania
Tanzania is along the
east coast of Africa and
close to the top of
Madagascar
Classified as
endangered on the ICUN
red list

Habitat

Primarily arboreal,
occasionally descend for
food or predation
Live in upper montane
areas and degraded
montane areas
Open areas are avoided
and live in highly
concentrated areas

Diet

Omnivorous
Modify diet to each season
Folivorous in dry seasons &
frugivorous in wet
Diet ranges from tree bark,
leaves, flowers, ripe and
unripe fruit, to fungi, moss
and lichens.

Mating

Limited information at the

time
Genital swelling has been
observed, similar to
baboons & gelada.
Behaviors are most likely
similar to that of baboons &
gelada
Parental Investment is
likely to be high

Social
Strucure
Multimale
Ndundulu

two
groups of 12 &
17
Groups in Rungwe-Livingstone 3036
Vary due to severe habitat degradation

Sources

Davenport, TR. "Diet and Feeding Patterns in the Kipunji

(Rungwecebus Kipunji) in Tanzania's Southern Highlands: A
First Analysis." PubMed (2010): n. pag. 5 Mar. 2010. Web. 9
Nov. 2015. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20204672
Ehardt, Carolyn L., and Thomas M. Butynski. "The Recently
Described Highland Mangabey, Lophocebus Kipunji
(Cercopithecoidea, Cercopithecinae): Current Knowledge and
Conservation Assessmen." Primate Conservation, July 2006.
Web.
Boomershine, L. 2007. "Rungwecebus kipunji" (On-line),
Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2015 at
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Rungwecebus_kipunji/.
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