kipunji
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The kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji), also known as the highland mangabey, is a species of Old World monkey that lives in the highland forests of Tanzania. It was independently described in December 2003 and July 2004, making it the first new African monkey species discovered since 1984. Originally assigned to the genus Lophocebus, genetic and morphological data showed that it is more closely related to the genus Papio. It was subsequently assigned to a new genus, Rungwecebus, named after Mount Rungwe. Rungwecebus is the first new monkey genus described since 1923.
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kipunji is indexed among the 17,243 entries in Vinony's Endangered Species collection.
Within Vinony's link graph, kipunji is referenced by 310 other articles, and connects out to Papio, Aotus and Lophocebus.
It sits within the topics Critically endangered fauna of Africa, Endemic fauna of Tanzania and IUCN Red List endangered species.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- monotypic taxon
- Parent taxon
- Rungwecebus
- Image
- Kipunji walking h.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Endangered status
- taxon name
- Rungwecebus kipunji
- Commons category
- Rungwecebus kipunji
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- Rungwecebus kipunji
- taxon common name
- Hochlandmangabe
- endemic to
- Tanzania
- short name
- R. kipunji
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The kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji), also known as the highland mangabey, is a species of Old World monkey that lives in the highland forests of Tanzania. It was independently described in December 2003 and July 2004, making it the first new African monkey species discovered since 1984. Originally assigned to the genus Lophocebus, genetic and morphological data showed that it is more closely related to the genus Papio. It was subsequently assigned to a new genus, Rungwecebus, named after Mount Rungwe. Rungwecebus is the first new monkey genus described since 1923.
==Description== The kipunji's relatively long pelage is light or medium brown with white on the end of the tail and the ventrum. The pelage close to the hands and feet tends to be a medium to dark brown. Its hands, feet, and face are all black. It does not appear to show any sexual dimorphism in relation to pelage coloration. Adult male kipunjis have a body length of and are estimated to weigh between .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “kipunji” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.