Niger delta red colobus monkeys have been removed from the 25 most endangered primates list which from 2012 to 2014. The removed of Niger delta red monkey, it is not mean this subspecies of Pilicolobus is not endanger any more. There is another monkey which is highlight threatened is the same genera, such as Tana River red coobus monkey add in this currently list.
Key fact
Tana River red colobus monkey and Niger delta red colobus monkeys are the same genera. They have similar Physiological characteristics. The adult weight of them is around 15 to 30 lb. they normally is around 30 inch long. Also, they have a similar lifespan is up to 20 years in captivity. The gestation period is about 6 month (David). It is hard to prove that how long the lifespan of the wild red colobus. In the captivity, they have regular and abundant food supply. In addition, in captivity, the red colobus monkeys did not need to face the predators, for instance, leopards, large eagles and humans.
Diet
Both of these two monkeys are omnivorous monkey, basically, all the red coobus are omnivorous. In the most of situation, they use leaves as main food supplement (2002). Unfortunately, there are only couple species of trees’ leave they can eat. They prefer to choose mature leaf species than contain high level of nitrogen and low level of fiber maintain. Red colobus monkeys supplement this kind of cellulose diet with fruits, moss and seeds. The large stomachs which have three chambers carry special bacterium help them ferment and digest the leaves. In normal situation, they required two or three kilograms (1996) in every single day in order to get enough nutrition. In addition, red colobus soil, clay and charcoal to help with help combat the cyanide some leaves...
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