Primates
Kalinzu Forest is home to six species of diurnal primates, as well as several nocturnal species, all living at high densities (approximately 220 chimpanzees, 2,780 black-and-white colobus monkeys, 5,140 red-tailed monkeys, 2,220 blue monkeys, 630 L’Hoest’s monkeys, and 570 Anubis baboons; Plumptre et al., 2001). One reason for this is that local people do not traditionally consume primates. This may be because the local agricultural communities also engage in livestock keeping, securing sufficient animal protein from milk and meat. As a result, Kalinzu Forest is a rare example in Africa of a forest adjacent to a densely populated area where chimpanzees and other primates, relatively unafraid of humans, thrive in high densities.
Chimpanzees
Males rush forward when they hear a neighboring group
Ficus sur scarfing down berries
Newborns reaching for the light
Greeting an adult male
A female with offspring
Males looking up at their prey monkeys
Cercopithecoid monkeys
Black and white colobus
Redtailed monkey
L’Hoest’s monkey
Anubis baboon
Blue monkey
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