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L'Hoest's monkey
Sign in to saveAlso known as Allochrocebus lhoesti, L’Hoest’s monkey
species of mammal
Species
Vulnerablevia IUCN
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- Allochrocebus
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- Allochrocebus lhoesti
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- IUCN conservation status
- Vulnerable
- short name
- A. lhoesti
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Encyclopedic overview
feeding, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda Colchester Zoo, England
L'Hoest's monkey (Allochrocebus lhoesti), also known as the mountain monkey, is a guenon found in the upper eastern Congo Basin. They mostly live in mountainous forest areas in small, female-dominated groups. They have a dark coat and can be distinguished by a characteristic white beard.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “L'Hoest's monkey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.