Preuss's monkey [SEP] IUCN conservation status
monkey is an endangered species, due to habitat loss and hunting. It is one of the species that live in the Guinean Forests of the West Africa Biodiversity Hotspot.
Preuss's monkey is known to occur in captivity only at the Centre for Education, Rehabilitation, and Conservation of Primates and Nature (CERCOPAN) in Cross River State, Nigeria.
There are two subspecies of Preuss's monkey:
- Cameroon Preuss's monkey, "Cercopithecus preussi preussi"
- Bioko Preuss's monkey, "Cercopithecus preussi insularis
at 1.2 to 3.3 encounters per square kilometer, are among the highest in Africa.
Five of the primate species are of global conservation concern: Preuss's monkey, red-eared guenon, black colobus, western red colobus and drill. The reserve may be home to the largest surviving population of drill.
According to the Primate Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission, the island is the most important location in Africa for conserving diversity of primates. Pennant's colobus, a type of red colobus, is one