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作者: vandas    時間: 2012-9-14 04:20 AM     標題: 非洲發現新物種 像貓頭鷹的猴子

非洲發現新物種 長得像貓頭鷹的猴子你見過沒?

科學家說,他們在非洲發現猴子的新物種。當地人稱之為「勒蘇拉」(lesula)的一種 「貓頭鷹臉猴」。

那是2007年時,有人在剛民主共和國一名小學主任的家中,發現被圈養的一隻母猴。之後又在該國的偏遠森林地區發現野生種 Cercopithecus lomamiensis 。牠們是以葉莖、水果和花芽為食。

被發現的這個猴子新物種,有著一張像貓頭鷹的臉。跟梟面長尾猴(Cercopithecus hamlyni)這類猴子很像,但是毛色跟過去任何已知的物種都不同。最新研究刊登在PLoS ONE期刊上。這也是28年來僅有的第二度在非洲發現新的物種。
  
Too-wit too-who are you? New species of 'owl faced' monkey with a bright blue bottom discovered


A new species of monkey with a distinctive blue rear end has been identified in Africa, researchers have said.

The species, known locally as the lesula, was discovered after a young female was seen kept captive at the home of a primary school director in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2007.

The young animal resembled an owl faced monkey (Cercopithecus hamlyni) but the colour of its rear end was different to that of any known species, the researchers writing in the journal PLoS ONE said.


The lesula, a colourful new species of monkey discovered in Africa


What are you looking at? The new species has a distinctive blue behind.

In fact, they say, its blue rear end is unique.
'The blue perineum, buttocks and scrotum displayed by adult males are more extensive than genital patches in any other Cercopithecus', the researchers wrote.

Other wild lesula (Cercopithecus lomamiensis) have since been found in their remote range in central Democratic Republic of Congo, where they live in forests and feed on leafstalks, fruit and flower buds.

The discovery of the new species, in one of the country’s last unexplored forest areas, is only the second time a new monkey species has been found in Africa in the last 28 years.

Although the 6,500 square mile area in which the shy lesula is found is remote and sparsely populated, the researchers warn the monkey is vulnerable to extinction as a result of hunting for bush meat.

They called for controls on hunting and the creation of a protected area covering its range to conserve the lesula and other wildlife found in the region.

Researcher John Hart said: 'The challenge for conservation now in Congo is to intervene before losses become definitive.

'Species with small ranges like the lesula can move from vulnerable to seriously endangered over the course of just a few years.'


A pair of young Cercopithecus lomamiensis, captured near Obenge, DRC (right). White nose stripe is variably present in juvenile C. hamlyni from the Kisangani region. Photos by John Hart.


The animal has also since been seen in the wild as an adult
作者: lenidea    時間: 2012-9-14 03:06 PM

世界之大無奇不有!
作者: womble    時間: 2012-9-14 04:43 PM

thank you for sharing
作者: coco20001219    時間: 2012-9-15 09:47 AM

thank you for sharing
作者: mmeyl    時間: 2012-9-15 09:52 AM

猴子界的精靈一族,很漂亮阿~
作者: onudi    時間: 2012-9-17 07:15 PM

Thanks for sharing
作者: hamtu5168    時間: 2012-10-27 01:31 PM     標題: 非洲發現猴子新品種 貓頭鷹臉、藍屁股超搶眼



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研究人員在非洲發現一種全新的猴子物種lesula。

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據國外媒體報導,科學家最近在非洲發現並確定了一種新的猴子品種。早在2007年時,剛果的一位小學校長曾經在家中豢養過這種猴子,當地人都管它叫lesula。



lesula的尾部呈現出亮藍色。

科研人員在《公共科學圖書館期刊》(Plos One)上發表文章公布了上述發現,這種猴子的臉部圖案與貓頭鷹十分相似,但其尾部的顏色呈現出亮藍色,這一特別之處在人類所發現的猴子物種中從未出現過。研究人員指出,lesula與其他已知的長尾猴屬物種相比,其臀部、會陰以及陰囊處所呈現出的藍色要更加鮮艷、有色面積也更大。研究人員還發現,野生的lesula主要生活在剛果中部的森林中,它們通常以葉柄、水果以及花蕾作為食物。



這是一對被當地人捕捉到的lesula。



它在野外被發現時已是成年。

根據搜狐科學報導,據研究人員介紹,lesula也是過去28年以來非洲大陸發現的第二種全新的猴子物種。他們還指出,儘管lesula被發現的地區面積達到6500平方英里(約合16835平方千米),其數量還相對較多,但是眼下lesula也面臨著因為捕獵而引發的『滅絕危機』。因此研究人員在所發表的文章中呼籲當地政府能夠建立專門的保護區保護這些珍貴的小生命。


作者: music0001    時間: 2012-11-16 12:45 AM

哈!感覺好像奇異果的外皮唷~ 真是逗趣
作者: 魚佬    時間: 2012-11-17 02:16 AM

見過啦~冇咩甘出奇~
作者: felix3585005    時間: 2012-11-17 06:34 AM

非常有趣, 但我相信己後會有新發現
因世上還有很多事物等我門去探究
作者: hkgorchid    時間: 2012-11-17 07:57 AM

The monkeys are beautiful especially their furs!
作者: ANA1023    時間: 2012-11-17 04:16 PM

好像挺有趣的
作者: goeyt    時間: 2012-11-18 12:47 PM

稀有物種-要保護-感謝分享
作者: siuwai200506    時間: 2012-11-18 06:03 PM

幾令呀....哈哈...希望有多D人關心依D物種
作者: boy1818    時間: 2012-11-19 12:48 AM

刚刚发现却又面临绝种... 世界变了
作者: paulgeano    時間: 2012-11-22 01:16 PM

thx for sharing
作者: register2388    時間: 2012-11-25 09:14 PM

只是有些似罷了
作者: a9000    時間: 2012-11-25 11:20 PM

的确有点像猫头鹰,长见识。




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