Essays about: "red-tailed monkey"
Found 2 essays containing the words red-tailed monkey.
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1. Grooming behaviour in the Red-tailed guenon
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and HealthAbstract : The behaviour of the red-tailed guenon (Cercopithecus ascanius) was studied over the course of nine days in the Sabaringo forest surrounding Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp near the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. A focal animal instantaneous sampling method with a one minute interval was used to record the behaviours of the monkeys for approximately 12 hours a day, the day being divided into six shifts á two hours. READ MORE
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2. Habitat preference and foraging behaviour in adult red-tailed monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius)
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and HealthAbstract : The red-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus ascanius) is a small, alert and active animal inhabiting forests with dense vegetation and as such hard to observe in its natural habitat. The principal aim of this study was to scrutinize whether the methods, previously used in a behavioural study of the blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis) can be applied in studies of the red-tailed monkey’s behaviour as well. READ MORE
