# ecol: first census of Zanzibar Red Colobus monkey

AA << present the first systematic assessment of the population, demography and distribution of the Endangered Zanzibar red colobus Piliocolobus kirkii, in Unguja in the Zanzibar archipelago >>

AA << estimate the total population comprises 5,862 individuals in 342 groups (mean group size 17.12); 3.4 times the mean of all previous estimates >>

<< The results indicate that P. kirkii is resilient and thriving far better than assumed >>

Tim RB Davenport, Said A Fakih, et al.  Zanzibar's  endemic red colobus Piliocolobus kirkii: first systematic  and total assessment  of population, demography and distribution. Oryx, 1-9. doi: org/10.1017/S003060531700148X. Dec 07, 2017

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/zanzibars-endemic-red-colobus-piliocolobus-kirkii-first-systematic-and-total-assessment-of-population-demography-and-distribution/F084062464F9C99208E5F7E8CB155880

Wildlife Conservation Society. Hope for one of the world's rarest primates: First census of Zanzibar Red Colobus monkey. Dec 14, 2017.

https://m.phys.org/news/2017-12-world-rarest-primates-census-zanzibar.html