Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Tsoko yaifungidzirwa kuva yakanga yafa anopfuura makore 50 apfuura yakawanwa iri mhenyu mumasango anogara achinaya ari kure eDemocratic Republic of Congo. Nyanzvi dzinoongorora nezvezvisikwa zvinorarama muNtokou-Pikounda National Park dzakatora mufananidzo wokutanga-tanga wetsoko rinonzi Bouvier's red colobus monkey. Zvakawanikwa izvi zvinoratidza kuti mhuka iyi, iyo yakatanga kuwanikwa muna 1887 uye inozivikanwa chete nemhando nhatu dzayo, haina kunyangarika. Dzorera pasi kuti uone vhidhiyo. Uyu ndiwo mufananidzo wokutanga wakambotorwa wetsoko reBouvier red colobus, iro raifungidzirwa kuva rakatsakatika. Mufananidzo wakatorwa nevatsvakurudzi Lieven Devreese naGaël Elie Gnondo Gobolo unoratidzika kuva unoratidza amai vane vana vavo. Vatsvakurudzi zvino vanotarisira kufunda tsoko mukuedza kudzidza zvakawanda pamusoro payo. Rudzi rutsva rwemonkey rwakawanikwa pashure pokunge masayendisiti adzidza kurusiyanisa nechitarisiko chepeni yayo. Tsoko ine matama machena yakawanikwa mumasango ari kure-kure ari munzvimbo dzakakwirira dzokumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweTibet pashure pokunge vatsvakurudzi vagadzira misungo yekamera. Tsoko yacho ine nhengo dzokubereka nadzo dzakakomberedzwa panzvimbo pezvibereko zvomumufananidzo wemuseve zvinowanikwa pamamwe marudzi ari munharaunda yacho. Chinonzi Macaca leucogenys, uye chinowanzodaidzwa nezita racho nemhaka yembebvu dzaro dzisina kuchena dziri pachidya uye parutivi pechiso charo. Dr. Pengfei Fan, mumwe wevanzveri vakawana rudzi rutsva urwu uye nyanzvi yezvinhu zvipenyu paDali University, Yunnan, muChina, akati macaque itsva iyi yakanga yazivikanwa zvisiri izvo kwenguva refu sorumwe rudzi. Akataura kuti nemhaka yokurega kusvika kwenzvimbo yacho iri muMedog County yeTibet, nyanzvi shomanene dzoupenyu dzakanga dzave ikoko. VaDevreese vakati: 'Mifananidzo yedu ndiyo yokutanga munyika uye inosimbisa kuti rudzi rwacho haruna kutsakatika. 'Hapana anoziva chinhu pamusoro pavo. Vanogara munharaunda umo masayendisiti asingawanzoendi, pamhenderekedzo dzorwizi munzvimbo isingasvikiki zvikuru.' VaDevreese vakapedza mwedzi mitatu, pashure pokunge vaenda muna February, vachitsvaka mumasango eCongo vachiedza kuwana tsoko dzeBouvier red colobus, kana kuti Piliocolobus bouvieri. Pamwe chete navashandi vake veCongress, akashanyira misha iri kure kuti abvunze vagari vemo...
Tsoko dzeBouvier's red colobus dzakapedzisira kuonekwa muCongo muma1970. Nyanzvi dzezvinhu zvipenyu dzakatora mifananidzo yokutanga yemhuka idzi dzisingawanzowaniki. Tsoko dzinogara mumapoka ane ruzha mumasango ane matope ari pedyo nenzizi. Zvinotyiwa kuti vari kutyisidzirwa nokukura kwekutengeswa kwenyama yemusango munharaunda yacho.