Bioko drill
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The Bioko drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus poensis) is a subspecies of the drill, an Old World monkey. It is endemic to Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea,[4] located off the west coast of Africa.[5] The drill is one of the largest monkey species, and is considered endangered.[5] The Bioko drill was separated from their mainland counterpart, due to rising sea levels after the end of the last ice age, around 10,000 years ago.[4] The capital of Equatorial Guinea, Malabo,[4] is on Bioko Island. The Malabo market is the primary point of sale for bushmeat on Bioko Island.[1] The drill plays an important role in the cultural tradition of bushmeat consumption, and is locally considered to be tasty, and in some regions, a delicacy.[6] The commercialisation of hunting on Bioko Island has made this practice unsustainable.[1] Hunting of the Bioko drill is banned in most areas of Bioko Island, as they predominantly inhabit protected areas on the island. However, the ban is considered ineffective; hunting remains the largest threat to the drill's population.[4][7]
Bioko drill[2] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Primates |
Suborder: | Haplorhini |
Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
Family: | Cercopithecidae |
Genus: | Mandrillus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | M. l. poensis |
Trinomial name | |
Mandrillus leucophaeus poensis Zukowsky, 1922 |