THE LORD GOD MADE THEM ALL: WOLF’S MONA MONKEY
THE LORD GOD MADE THEM ALL: WOLF’S MONA MONKEY
Wolf's mona monkey, also called Wolf's guenon, is a colourful
Old World monkey in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in central Africa,
primarily between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. It lives in
primary and secondary lowland rainforest and swamp forest.
Guenons, the largest group of African primates, are very colorful. Their color is used in intraspecific
communication for recognizing individuals, species, and potential mates. Wolf's
mona monkey is dark grey with a red "saddle" on its back. The pelage
depends on the subspecies. C. wolfi wolfi has a chestnut-colored
patch on the middle of its back. Its arms are black and legs are red. It has a
yellow underside, occasionally with an orange stripe down its flanks. Its cheek
whiskers are yellow, speckled with black, and its ear tufts are red. C.
wolfi elegans has a back which is gradually browner towards the rump. Its
forearms are black, and its upper arms have a pale speckling. Its legs are
light gray, while its underside is white. Its cheek whiskers are white, with
dark speckling that increases near the base. Its ear tufts are white. The
male's scrotum is blue.[6] Wolf's mona monkey is also sexually dimorphic in size. Males weigh,
on average, almost twice as much as females,
Wolf’s Mona Monkeys are simply beautiful.
THE LORD GOD MADE THEM ALL
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