The Mona Monkeys of Grenada, São Tomé and Príncipe: Long-Term Persistence of a Guenon in Permanent Fragments and Implications for the Survival of Forest Primates in Protected Areas

摘要: Forest dwelling mona monkeys (Cercopithecus mona) were introduced to the Caribbean island of Grenada and Gulf Guinea islands Sao Tome Principe 200–500 years ago have remained isolated from their African mainland conspecifics for at least 200 years. All three populations provide insight into possible medium-term future small forest guenons in fragments due deforestation human hunting. The habitats on range size 5,000 25,000 ha. Genetic studies indicate that population originated potentially a single female is subset population, which had larger founding size. now numbers thousands, as do Principe. monas appear suffered no inbreeding effects may be an example genetic purging, process where deleterious phenotypes are weeded out very if they allowed rapidly rebound. Monas ecological generalists thus been conferred additional survival benefits each by ability take advantage completely novel habitats. monas, particular, demonstrate it not lost cause conserve primate species habitat fragments, can immediately protected further depredation has some flexibility.