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ArtistRiverine troop portrait of Tana River red colobus among river figs at dawn with soft shafts of light. Composition: mid-shot group with leader foreground-left and troop spread behind; stream visible below. Lighting: warm early-morning rays with cool forest fill. Palette: russet fur, fig green, river taupe. Texture & detail: fur detail, leaf-crunch, limb motion. Artist-mix: documentary primate intimacy , painterly dawn mood. Camera: 85–200mm, f/4–5.6; output 4k. Variations: human–primate coexistence education panel and habitat corridor mapping.
**Tana River Red Colobus - Piliocolobus rufomitratus
Short: A highly range-restricted colobus of Kenya’s Tana River forests whose small forest patches and human pressures endanger its troops.
Facts:
Status: Endangered/Critically Endangered locally.
Range: Tana River, Kenya.
Habitat: Riverine forest and gallery woodland.
Diet: Leaf-based folivore.
Lifespan: ~20 yrs.
Reproduction: Small groups and slow reproductive rates.
Role: Leaf browsing affecting forest regeneration.
Threats: Deforestation, agricultural expansion, hunting.
2025 October 19