In our last post of the year, we will share some of our plans for the next year. The new year starts with our yearly baby season, that time of the year when we count babies from Colombian squirrel monkeys (Saimiri albigena) and ornate titi monkeys (Plecturocebus ornatus) mainly in San Martin and Villavicencio, and sometimes in Villanueva. Monkeys live long lives like us, which means that to know if a population is growing or stable, we need data form several years to see if babies reach adulthood and if they reproduce themselves.

Although we had been looking at San Martín groups for two decades, we not always had resources to monitor those groups constantly over those years, so we still have information gaps that we are trying to fill up. Additional field trips during the year will help us to monitor new babies for the other monkey species in the study area, red howler monkeys (Alouatta seniculus), Brumback night monkeys (Aotus brumbacki) and black-capped capuchins (Sapajus apella).

We also will continue with the Colombian squirrel monkey distribution project as we still have two additional areas to survey and we will continue with our education tent, which we plan this year to take it to more towns if possible. This tent is a collaboration with another primatologist, Dr. Monica Ramirez who also had work in San Martin area for a couple of years. During this new year, we also have plans to focus on the three endemic monkey species in the piedmont of Colombian Llanos as those are species that still lack basic information on their ecology.

As usual with a long-term project like this, looking for financial support for all these activities will continue so we can carry out these activities. If you want to volunteer or donate, please send a message to xcarretero@gmail.com

Happy New Year 2025 and Best Wishes for 2026!

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