Dent monkey
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The Dent monkey ( Cercopithecus denti ) is a species of primate from the genus of the monkeys ( Cercopithecus ) within the family of the vervet monkeys (Cercopithecidae). Its species status is controversial, and it is often combined into one species with the wolf monkey .
features
The Dent monkey is colored dark brown on the back and the outside of the arms and legs, the belly side and the inside of the arms and legs are whitish. The dark back hairs are gray at the base and then alternately light and dark three to four times. The hair on the face is yellowish, the bare skin of the face is blue-gray and light yellow around the mouth. The tail is gray, the rear part is dark. The animals reach a head-trunk length of 40 to 50 cm and a 68 to 90 cm long tail. The weight of adult males is 4.3 to 5.7 kg, that of the smaller females is considerably lighter with 2.8 to 3.4 kg.
Habitat and way of life
Dent monkeys live in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , in a small area in the extreme west of Uganda between Lake Albert and the Ruwenzori Mountains and in the southwest of Rwanda to the Nyungwe Forest . In the west the Congo limits its range, in the east the Albert Rift , in the northwest the lower reaches of the Itimbiri (further east the species occurs on both sides of the Itimbiri) and in the south it extends to the Kasongo savannas. This makes it the most easterly occurring species from the Cercopithecus mona group. The habitat of the Dent monkey are rainforests, including the Ituri rainforest , gallery forests and swamp forests up to heights of 1000 meters.
Not much is known about their way of life, it probably matches that of other species of monkey. They are likely to live in harem groups and feed mainly on fruits, leaves and seeds and occasionally on insects .
It is very common in suitable habitats with many fruit-bearing trees and the IUCN states that the species is Least Concern.
literature
- Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder (Eds.): Mammal Species of the World . A taxonomic and geographic Reference. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Elizabeth L. Gadsby, Colin P. Groves, Aoife Healy, K. Praveen Karanth, Sanjay Molur, Tilo Nadler, Matthew C. Richardson, Erin P. Riley, Anthony B. Rylands, Lori K. Sheeran, Nelson Ting, Janette Wallis, Siân S. Waters & Danielle J. Whittaker: Family Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys). Page 684 in Russell A. Mittermeier , Anthony B. Rylands & Don E. Wilson : Handbook of the Mammals of the World: - Volume 3. Primates. Lynx Editions, 2013 ISBN 978-8496553897
- ↑ a b Thomas Butynski, Jonathan Kingdon and Jan Kalina (eds.): Mammals of Africa Volume II. Primates. Bloomsbury, London, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4081-2252-5 , pp. 330–334.
- ↑ Cercopithecus denti in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2016 Posted by: Oates, JF, Hart, J. & Groves, CP, 2008. Accessed January 11, 2017th
