. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Africa. Central African Republic Cercopithecus and the crested and grey-cheeked mangabey, Cercocebus galeritiis and C. albigena respectively. The striking black- and-white colobus monkey Colobiis guercza, and the red colobus Pwcolobus [badius] nifoDiiiratus are also found in the forests. Two subspecies of the African elephant occur in CAR, Loxodoiita africana africana in the northern savanna zone, and L. a. cydotis in the lowland forest. In some forests, the elephants make trails which crisscross the area and these open corridors through the dense
. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Africa. Central African Republic Cercopithecus and the crested and grey-cheeked mangabey, Cercocebus galeritiis and C. albigena respectively. The striking black- and-white colobus monkey Colobiis guercza, and the red colobus Pwcolobus [badius] nifoDiiiratus are also found in the forests. Two subspecies of the African elephant occur in CAR, Loxodoiita africana africana in the northern savanna zone, and L. a. cydotis in the lowland forest. In some forests, the elephants make trails which crisscross the area and these open corridors through the dense undergrowth are the major thoroughfares of the Aka peo- ple. However, elephants remain in significant numbers only in the forests of south-western CAR m the newly created Dzanga-Sangha Dense Forest Faunal Reserve which incorporates Dzanga-Ndoki National Park. In most other areas of the forest elephants have been virtually eliminated by ivory poachers. Similarly, the black rhinoceros Diceros biconiis longipes, has been reduced almost to extinction. In 1970, it was estimated that there were 3000 rhinos in the country but, by 1984, only 170 remained (Western and Vigne, 1985) and now just a few scattered individuals persist. Forest antelopes found within CAR include bongo Tragelaphns ewyceros, sitatunga T. spekei, chevrotain Hye)nosclnis aquaticus and six species of duiker. A dwarf form of the African buffalo Syncents caffer nanus is found in the lowland forests. Two species of wild pigs are found in the dense forest, the giant forest hog Hylochoenis iiieincrtshageni and the bushpig Potamochoerus porciis. Approximately 700 species of birds have been recorded for the country (Carroll, 1988), over 400 in the forested regions. The first breeding record of the rare brown nightjar Capnnndgiis hinotatus was made in the Bayanga region (Carroll and Fry, 1987). Only one bird species is listed as threatened in CAR, the shoebill Balaeniceps rex, and this inhabits swamps, not forests (Collar a
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