Ranging Patterns of a Western Gorilla Group During Habituation to Humans in the Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central African Republic

2003 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 1207-1226 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Cipolletta
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Central African Republic ◽  
Ranging Patterns ◽  
Western Gorilla

scholarly journals A cryptic new species of Chlidonoptera Karsch, 1892 from the south west protected zone of the Central African Republic (Insecta, Mantodea, Hymenopodidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 917 ◽  
pp. 63-83
Author(s):  
Nicolas Moulin
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dna Barcoding ◽  
National Park ◽  
Central African Republic ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Tropical Regions ◽  
History Information ◽  
A New Species

Between 1998 and 2012, several scientific expeditions in Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve and Dzanga-Ndoki National Park led to the collection of many Mantodea specimens from Central African Republic (CAR). Among these specimens, several males of an undescribed species were discovered. Morphologically, this species most closely resembles to Chlidonoptera vexillum Karsch, 1892 and Chlidonoptera lestoni Roy, 1975. A new lineage was revealed by DNA barcoding. Therefore, a new species is described, Chlidonoptera roxanaesp. nov. Habitus images, genitalia illustrations and descriptions, measurement data, a key to species, natural history information, and locality data are provided. These results add to the evidence that cryptic species can be found in tropical regions, a critical issue in efforts to document global species richness. They also illustrate the value of DNA barcoding, especially when coupled with traditional taxonomic tools, in disclosing hidden diversity.

Behavioral Responses of Gorillas to Habituation in the Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central African Republic

2004 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allard Blom ◽  
Chloe Cipolletta ◽  
Arend M. H. Brunsting ◽  
Herbert H. T. Prins
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Central African Republic ◽  
Behavioral Responses

First record of the Dollman’s tree mouse (Prionomys batesi; Mammalia: Nesomyidae) in the Republic of Congo and additional description of this rare Central African rodent

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1318 (1) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
CHRISTIANE DENYS ◽  
MARC COLYN ◽  
VIOLAINE NICOLAS
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Central African Republic ◽  
Intraspecific Variability ◽  
First Record ◽  
Morphological Description ◽  
Republic Of Congo ◽  
The Republic ◽  
First Time

We present new data on the poorly known rodent Prionomys batesi Dollman, 1910. Recently, five specimens of this species were collected in Odzala National Park, which represent the first record of this species in Republic of Congo. These new captures, combined with the preparation of 15 specimens from Central African Republic allowed us to complete the morphological description of the species as well as, for the first time, to document intraspecific variability. This species is actually known from three countries (Cameroon, Central African Republic and Republic of Congo) and four localities (Bitye, Obala, La Maboké and Odzala). It seems to be restricted to areas of forest-savannah mosaic where the forest is actually colonising the savannah.

scholarly journals The tropical African genus Morgenia (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae) with emphasis on the spur at the mid tibia

2018 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-175
Author(s):  
Bruno Massa ◽  
Klaus-Gerhard Heller ◽  
Elżbieta Warchałowska-Śliwa ◽  
Nicolas Moulin
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Chromosome Number ◽  
National Park ◽  
Central African Republic ◽  
Chromosome Evolution ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Ancestral Chromosome ◽  
African Genus

The authors revised the genus Morgenia Karsch, 1890 which now consists of eight species, of which three are here newly described (Morgeniaplurimaculata Massa & Moulin, sp. n., M.angustipinnata Massa, sp. n., and M.lehmannorum Heller & Massa, sp. n.). Six of the eight species occur in the Tri National Sangha (TNS) comprising Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve and Dzanga Ndoki National Park (Central African Republic), whose high biodiversity has been recently highlighted. In particular the genus is characterised by the presence of a more or less long spur at the inner mid tibia, different in each species; in M.modulata, it moved lower down into a new position at about ¼ of tibia, which has a hollow underneath where the rest of the spur remains hidden. This is a unique known case in Phaneropterinae. Morphological characters distinguishing males of different species are presented. Bioacoustics of the new species M.lehmannorum are described. The patterns of the chromosome evolution in M.lehmannorum differ from other investigated African Phaneropterinae in terms of chromosome number and morphology, reduced ancestral chromosome number (2n = 25) implying a more derived condition.

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