Red Colobus Monkey (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

Red Colobus Monkey

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The red colobus monkey is in decline in forest fragments in western Uganda. U. of I. researchers found that forest fragmentation increases the burden of infectious parasites on animals already stressed by disturbances to their habitat.

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Tim Holland

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