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Hope for the survival of the Critically Endangered white-naped mangabey Cercocebus atys lunulatus: a new primate species for Burkina Faso

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2006

Gérard Galat
Affiliation:
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, 5, rue du Carbone, 45072 ORLEANS Cedex 2, France
Anh Galat-Luong
Affiliation:
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, 5, rue du Carbone, 45072 ORLEANS Cedex 2, France
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Abstract

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From 2003 to 2005 we carried out surveys in Burkina Faso to investigate the status of primate taxa. In the south-west near the border with Côte d'Ivoire we discovered sooty mangabey Cercocebus atys, a primate species that had not been previously reported in the country. This population is the subspecies C. a. lunulatus, the white-naped mangabey, one of the 25 most threatened primate taxa. As the subspecies occurs in a gallery forest that is next to a wildlife safari hunting area, we recommend that hunting is prohibited near these forests. The recent creation of the Warigué protected area, linking the Comoé-Léraba Reserved Forest and Partial Wildlife Reserve in Burkina Faso where we observed the subspecies, with the Comoé National Park in Côte d'Ivoire, could make an important contribution to the survival of this, the northernmost population, of the subspecies.

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© 2006 Fauna & Flora International