Likweli Mai Lebe Mai Laushi
An amince da wani biri na musamman a hukumance a matsayin sabon nau'in halitta a Jamhuriyar Dimokuradiyyar Kongo. Ana kiransa Likweli, kuma yana da wani abin mamaki: lebe mai launin lemu!
A cikin dazuzzukan Jamhuriyar Dimokuradiyyar Kongo, masana kimiyya sun gano wani sabon nau’in biri: Likweli. Sunan kimiyya shine Colobus congoensis.
Wannan biri yana da gashin baki da launin lemu a kusa da bakinsa. Yana zaune ne galibi a cikin bishiyoyin dazuzzukan National Park na Lomami.
Masana kimiyya sun riga sun hango wani biri mai ban mamaki a shekarar 2008, amma hoton da aka ɗauka a lokacin bai yi kyau ba. Ya ɗauki shekaru da yawa na bincike don tabbatar da cewa hakika sabon nau’in halitta ne.
Tsakanin 2018 da 2022, masu bincike sun lura da wannan biri sau 114. Sun yi nazarin bayyanarsa, kwayoyin halittarsa, har ma da sautunan da yake yi.
Likweli yana zaune a ƙaramin yanki na kusan kilomita 1,700. Masana kimiyya sun yi imanin cewa ana iya barazana da shi kuma suna ba da shawarar a rarraba shi a matsayin nau’in halittu masu fuskantar barazanar ɓacewa.
