Jul 10, 2020 | Ape Action Africa, Apes Like Us, Great Ape Education, Partners, Primate of the Month, Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary
July Primate of the Month — Chimpanzee July Primate of the Month: Chimpanzee Chimpanzees Chimpanzees are the most abundant of the non-human Great Apes, both in number and geographic range. The four subspecies have a combined population of 172,000-300,000 individuals...
Jun 12, 2020 | Ape Action Africa, Apes Like Us, Great Ape Education, Primate of the Month
June Primate of the Month — Agile Mangabey June Primate of the Month – the Agile Mangabey Agile Mangabeys (Cercocebus agilis) are a medium-sized species of Old World Primate, found throughout several Central African countries, including Cameroon, Central Africa...
May 8, 2020 | Ape Action Africa, Apes Like Us, Great Ape Education, Primate of the Month
May Primate of the Month — Putty-Nosed Monkey May Primate of the Month – the Putty-Nosed Monkey The Putty-Nosed monkey, sometimes referred to as the Greater Spot-Nosed monkey, are part of the Guenon family, and, as their name suggests, are distinct due to the...
Apr 10, 2020 | Apes Like Us, Great Ape Education, Primate of the Month
April Primate of the Month — Proboscis Monkey April Primate of the Month – the Proboscis Monkey Proboscis monkeys (Nasalis larvatus) are found in each of the nations on the island of Borneo — Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei, and are concentrated primarily in...
Mar 16, 2020 | Apes Like Us, Great Ape Education, Primate of the Month
Encountering your first wild chimpanzee cements in your memory an image about what a chimp is and looks like. For me, that was chimpanzees at Gombe Stream National Park on the sandy shore of Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania. In 1989 I was a naïve wannabe wildlife...
Mar 13, 2020 | Ape Action Africa, Apes Like Us, Great Ape Education, Primate of the Month, Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary
March Primate of the Month — Chimpanzee Subspecies Chimpanzees Chimpanzees are the most abundant of the Great Apes, both in number and geographic range. The four subspecies have a combined population of 172,000-300,000 individuals left in the wild, which occupy a...