{"id":4000082775,"date":"2026-07-16T15:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/?p=4000082775"},"modified":"2026-07-16T14:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T12:37:15","slug":"un-singe-aux-levres-orange-decouvert-en-rdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/un-singe-aux-levres-orange-decouvert-en-rdc\/","title":{"rendered":"Un singe aux l\u00e8vres orange d\u00e9couvert en RDC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Baptis\u00e9 ‘Colobus congoensis’, ce primate remarquable se distingue par son visage noir et ses l\u00e8vres rose orang\u00e9, une caract\u00e9ristique rare qui a attir\u00e9 l\u2019attention des chercheurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u2019animal, \u00e9galement connu localement sous le nom de \u00ab Likweli \u00bb, a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9couvert dans les zones recul\u00e9es du parc national de la Lomami, dans le centre-est de la RDC. Il vit principalement dans la partie sup\u00e9rieure des arbres des for\u00eats tropicales denses, ce qui a longtemps rendu son observation difficile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La premi\u00e8re rencontre avec ce singe remonte \u00e0 2008, lorsque des chercheurs en conservation avaient photographi\u00e9 un primate inconnu dans la r\u00e9gion. Toutefois, les images \u00e9taient insuffisantes pour confirmer qu\u2019il s\u2019agissait d\u2019une esp\u00e8ce nouvelle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Une nouvelle observation en 2018 a conduit une \u00e9quipe internationale de scientifiques \u00e0 lancer des \u00e9tudes approfondies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apr\u00e8s plusieurs ann\u00e9es d\u2019analyses, notamment des \u00e9tudes g\u00e9n\u00e9tiques, anatomiques et comportementales, les chercheurs ont confirm\u00e9 que ce singe \u00e9tait bien une esp\u00e8ce distincte. Cette d\u00e9couverte figure parmi les rares nouvelles esp\u00e8ces de singes identifi\u00e9es en Afrique au cours des derni\u00e8res d\u00e9cennies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le Colobus congoensis poss\u00e8de un pelage presque enti\u00e8rement noir, avec une zone de peau tr\u00e8s visible autour de la bouche, allant du rose \u00e0 l\u2019orange. Il se distingue \u00e9galement par ses appels puissants ressemblant \u00e0 des rugissements, qui permettent de le diff\u00e9rencier d\u2019autres esp\u00e8ces proches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les scientifiques estiment que cette esp\u00e8ce occupe une aire g\u00e9ographique limit\u00e9e, d\u2019environ 1 700 km\u00b2 de for\u00eat entre les rivi\u00e8res Lomami et Lilo. Cette r\u00e9partition r\u00e9duite augmente sa vuln\u00e9rabilit\u00e9 face \u00e0 la disparition de son habitat et aux activit\u00e9s humaines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les chercheurs recommandent d\u00e9j\u00e0 que le Likweli soit consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme une esp\u00e8ce en danger, en raison de son habitat limit\u00e9 et des pressions exerc\u00e9es sur les for\u00eats congolaises. Pour les sp\u00e9cialistes, cette d\u00e9couverte rappelle l\u2019importance de prot\u00e9ger les \u00e9cosyst\u00e8mes du bassin du Congo, qui abritent encore de nombreuses esp\u00e8ces inconnues de la science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Une nouvelle esp\u00e8ce de singe vient d\u2019\u00eatre officiellement identifi\u00e9e dans les for\u00eats tropicales de la RDC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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