Kipunjis
KIPUNJIS
A new genus: Rungwecebus
The first new monkey genus to be named since 1923!
Rungwecebus kipunji
CONSERVATION STATUS: ENDANGERED
Kipunjis are monkeys found only in Tanzania, living in two distinct populations separated by roughly 217.5 miles (350 km) of largely unforested land. One small population lives in the Ndundulu Forest in the Udzungwa Mountains of south-central Tanzania. The larger population, with 90% of all kipunjis, inhabits the Rungwe-…