A. Species
Scientific name: Allochrocebus solatus
Common name(s): Sun-tailed monkey, Black spider monkey
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Near Threatened
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- Gabon
Country/Region: Gabon / multiple rural areas
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: Sub-national / Sub-region / Sub-State
Name/Details of location: Samples collated and analysed at the Centre International de Recherches Médicale de Franceville (Gabon)
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 2009
End Year: 2009
E. Information about the use
How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Type of use: Extractive
Practice of use: Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism
Purpose(s) of end use: Food and feed and Keeping/companionship/display
Motivation of use: Basic subsistence and Traditional/Cultural/Spiritual
Is this use legal or illegal?: Legal under national law
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people
G. Information about the sustainability of use
Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered unsustainable
Details of assessment carried out: This study
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Use non-viable due to high zoonotic disease risk.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered unsustainable
Details of assessment carried out: This study
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Of the 78 humans, mostly hunters, who had been bitten or scratched by NHPs, 19 were SFV (Simian Foamy Virus) seropositive, with 15 cases confirmed by PCR. All but one were infected with ape SFV. Therefore, societal use of these monkeys is unsustainable.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered unsustainable
Details of assessment carried out: This study
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Of the 78 humans, mostly hunters, who had been bitten or scratched by NHPs, 19 were SFV (Simian Foamy Virus) seropositive, with 15 cases confirmed by PCR. All but one were infected with ape SFV.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered unsustainable
Details of assessment carried out: This study
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Monkeys are clearly distressed enough to bite and scratch handlers / hunters.
Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species
Further examination of humans infected by SFV is ongoing in both central Africa and Southeast Asia to investigate interhuman transmission in familial studies and the morbidity and mortality that might be associated with this zoonotic infection, especially in people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Record source
Information about the record source: scientific_pub
Date of publication/issue/production: 2012-01-01T00:00:00+0000
Source Reference(s):
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.06016-11
Date of record entry: 2022-11-23