Patas Monkey

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Patas Monkey
The hussar ape (Erythrocebus patas) is a primacy type out of the species group of the sea cat good within the family of the sea cat relative. It has its name of the horseman regiment of the hussar because of the reddish coloring and the high speeds, that it reaches in the running.

Distribution
The hussar ape occurs in the western and central Africa, its distribution zone extends from the Senegal to Ethiopia and Tansania.

Description
The fur of the hussar apes red is colored at the top, the underside as well as the whisker are weißlich gray. Long napes and whiskers at the male awake a mane good impression. The subspecies of the Weißnasen-Husarenaffen (E. p. pyrrhonotus) is marked in addition through a white nose tip. The physique of the hussar apes is voted on the fast running at the ground, they are are shortened slim animals with long limbs, finger and toes. The males are around a few things larger than the females, they reach a head hull length of 70 to 90 cm (with a just as long tail) and a weight of 7 to 13 kg (female become only 4 to 7 kg heavy).

Way of life
Of all animals out of the species group of the sea cat good, the hussar ape is specialized most on life at the ground. It inhabits avoids open grass country and tree existence savanna, thickly wooded zones it. In the case of an attack, they set fewer on defense, but rather depend rather on its speed. 55 km/h can reach and are hussar apes therefore the fastest primacies. They are rest day active, to the midday heat it however in the shadow of the trees. To the sleep in the night they climb on trees whereby a group divides itself usually on many places in order to not to fall robbers in to large number into the hands.

Hussar apes live in groups of approximately 15 animals, that consist of a male, 2 to 8 females and its new generation. Occasionally one finds also single males or small, purely masculine groups that can consist of banished earlier dominant males and just sex ripe become cubs. The male receives often the awake post and observation post in order to sight nourishment, enemies or other groups. The females form an own hierarchy. In comparison with other primacies, its sound repertoire is restricted in order to make no robbers attentively, a conformity to the way of life at the ground.

Propagation
In the normal case, only the group male with the females of its group mates, occasionally knock also other males to the pairing time in addition. After round 170-tägiger deceit time the female brings a cub to the world. The birth falls into the start of the rain time because then the larger food supply of the survival of rather certain can. Young hussar apes are weaned with 10 months. The sex maturity uses at the females with round 2 to 3 years, at the males with four to five years. As soon as the males are sex ripe, they become of the man davongejagt. The life expectancy of the hussar apes amounts to up to 20 years.

Threat
Hussar apes are hunted because of its meat, connect many African tribes also superstitious presentations with its meat: its enjoyment should heal Lepra. In addition the loss of the habitat comes through transformation in farmland or cattle meadows. National parks and protectorate were erected so that the hussar ape is endangerd altogether not yet, attention is however necessary.