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Miopithecus talapoin (talapoin)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Angolan talapoin (Miopithecus talapoin), also known as the southern talapoin, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in riparian habitats in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Unlike the related Gabon talapoin, the Angolan talapoin has blackish (not flesh-coloured) ears and facial skin down to around the nostrils.
View Wikipedia Record: Miopithecus talapoin

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Miopithecus talapoin

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
7
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
31
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 14.59
EDGE Score: 2.75
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  3.369 lbs (1.528 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  204 grams
Female Weight [1]  3.583 lbs (1.625 kg)
Male Weight [1]  3.155 lbs (1.431 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  13.6 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  50 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  50 %
Forages - Arboreal [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  3 years 10 months
Male Maturity [2]  5 years 6 months
Gestation [2]  5 months 19 days
Litter Size [2]  1
Litters / Year [2]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  28 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  16 inches (40 cm)
Weaning [2]  4 months 10 days
Habitat Substrate [4]  Arboreal

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Angolan Scarp savanna and woodlands Angola Afrotropic Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Western Congolian forest-savanna mosaic Gabon, Congo, Democratic Rep of the Congo, Angola Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Parc National d'Odzala National Park II 3423581 Congo  
Reserve Forestiere et de Faune du Dja Wildlife Reserve IV 1551322 Cameroon  

Predators

Panthera pardus (Leopard)[5]
Profelis aurata (African Golden Cat)[5]
Varanus niloticus (Nile Monitor, Water Leguaan)[5]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Nephridiacanthus kamerunensis[6]
Pedicinus miopitheci[5]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
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♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0