Gelada
CITES II
EEP (EAZA Ex-situ Programme)
Geladas occur only in grasslands of the Ethiopian Highlands. Numbers are currently decreasing. The major threats are habitat loss due to agricultural expansion, deforestation, soil erosion, competition from domestic livestock, as well as poaching and climate change effects.
Conservation
■ The species is managed under the EEP (EAZA Ex-situ Programme). It is coordinated by Rheine Zoo.
■ Listed in Appendix II of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES, or Washington Convention).
Taxonomy
■ Phylum Chordata – chordates
■ Class Mammalia – mammals
■ Order Primates – primates
■ Family Cercopithecidae – Old World monkeys
■ Species Theropithecus gelada – Gelada