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1: Science. 2006 Jun 2;312(5778):1378-81. Epub 2006 May 11.Click here to read Links

A new genus of African monkey, Rungwecebus: morphology, ecology, and molecular phylogenetics.

Davenport TR, Stanley WT, Sargis EJ, De Luca DW, Mpunga NE, Machaga SJ, Olson LE.

Wildlife Conservation Society, Southern Highlands Conservation Programme, Post Office Box 1475, Mbeya, Tanzania. tdavenport@wcs.org

A new species of African monkey, Lophocebus kipunji, was described in 2005 based on observations from two sites in Tanzania. We have since obtained a specimen killed by a farmer on Mount Rungwe, the type locality. Detailed molecular phylogenetic analyses of this specimen demonstrate that the genus Lophocebus is diphyletic. We provide a description of a new genus of African monkey and of the only preserved specimen of this primate. We also present information on the animal's ecology and conservation.

PMID: 16690815 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]