MONO CHORO DE COLA AMARILLA

INVESTIGACION DE INGLES

18 DE OCTUBRE DE 2023
 MONO CHORO DE COLA AMARILLA
The yellow-tailed woolly monkey,
mochue, common woolly, yellow-tailed
woolly, Peruvian woolly, pacorrunto,
quillirruntu or quillarruntu (Oreonax
flavicauda) is a species of simiform primate
of the Atelidae family, the only one in the
genus Oreonax.2 This species It is endemic
to the Andes of Peru and is one of the 25
most endangered
primates in the world.

DESCUBRIMIENTO Y REDESCUBRIMIENTO DEL CHORO DE

COLA AMARILLA:

In 1812, Alexander von Humboldt first described the yellow-tailed woolly,

under the name Simia flavicauda, on the basis of skins he had seen 10
years earlier. Humboldt never saw a live animal, nor did he preserve a
specimen. For more than 110 years there were few isolated reports from
professional collectors.
In 1974 Russel Mittermeier,8 a well-known American primatologist,
Hernando de Macedo, director of the Department of Ornithology and
Mammalogy of the Natural History Museum of Lima, and the
expeditionary Anthony Luscombe undertook the search for the yellow-
tailed woolly in the vicinity of Chachapoyas, Rodríguez from Mendoza and
Pedro Ruiz Gallo (department of Amazonas), in northeastern Peru. While
they were still on the road to Chachapoyas, they met a hunter who
provided them with skins and skulls of this species and they traveled with
him to the cloud forests where he had found these animals. Finally, one
day before returning to Lima, they found a juvenile specimen, which was a
soldier's pet.
For the first time we had the opportunity to see a live specimen of Oreonax f
lavicauda. This animal, a young male, lived and grew up in the Museum of
Natural History, under the care of De Macedo. The rediscovery attracted the
attention of the national and international press, as well as conservation
organizations that saw the need to know the status of this species soon. The
information gathered by the rediscoverers suggested that the species was
threatened by the destruction of its habitat and, especially at that time, by
hunting.
DESCRIPCIÓN Y NOMBRES LOCALES:
The yellow-tailed woolly monkey (also known as Oreonax
Flavicauda) is the largest of the endemic mammals of Peru, adults
reach a length of 54 cm (head/body), their tails being longer than
the body (up to 63 cm). ). Its fur is woolly, dense and copper in color.
It is characterized by a patch of white hairs that surround the mouth
and by the band of yellow hairs on the ventral third of the tail.
Adult males have a golden yellow genital tuft, up to 15 cm long.
It is known that the size of the groups, composed of individuals
of both sexes, ranges from 5 to 18 animals. It feeds on fruits,
flowers, leaves, buds, and possibly insects.9
The name Yellow-tailed Woolly is the translation of the common
name that scientists gave it in English and has been incorporated
into many communities, especially those of migrants. The local
names of pacorrunto, quillirrunto (derived from Quechua) and
tupa are gradually being lost from popular knowledge. It has not yet
been possible to determine if the names are in Awajún. wawan and
wawaniu, correspond to the yellow coli or other monkey species.
 HABITAT Y DISTRIBUCIÓN:
Since 1978, Mariella Leo Luna, a biologist graduated from the La
Molina National Agrarian University, has traveled the steep and
remote slopes of various areas of the cloud forest in northern Peru in
order to learn more about the habitat and distribution of this species
and to identify areas that they presented better conditions to be
protected.10 Their studies confirmed and specified the appreciations
of the rediscoverers and were later complemented by information
from other researchers (mainly Parker and Barkley, Shanee and
Shanee, and Buckinham and Shanee).

Until 2010, this species was known to occur mainly in Amazonas and
San Martín, extending into the small portion of forests of this type
found in La Libertad and perhaps to the forests bordering San Martín
with Loreto. Its habitat includes montane forests and cloud forests
between 1,700 and 2,700 meters above sea level, mostly on steep slopes.

This species is found in the forests adjacent to the Velo de Plata

Waterfall in the district of Uchiza in the San Martín region. The
identification work began in 2013. In 2014, its location was defined and
in 2015, biologists confirmed the existence of this primate in the
forests of Uchiza.

Members:

ADAN ELIAS SANDOVAL ZEÑA

JOSÉ MANUEL GARCÍA SAAVEDRA
LUIS ALBERTO VARGAS PUÈMAPE
RONALDO REYES PURIHUAMAN