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Species
Moustached Monkey
species
Maximum longevity: 36 years (captivity) Observations: One wild born female lived 31 years in captivity and could have been as old as 36 (Richard Weigl 2005).
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- taxon rank
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- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Cercopithecus cephus
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- Cercopithecus cephus
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- Cercopithecus cephus
- taxon common name
- النسناس أبو شنب
- longest observed lifespan
- 36
- short name
- C. cephus
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Encyclopedic overview
3d model of the skeleton The moustached guenon or moustached monkey (Cercopithecus cephus) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.
This monkey is an arboreal, omnivorous, and medium-sized mammal. According to the IUCN, the population of the moustached monkeys is considered to be large; therefore, they are widely used in biological labs.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moustached guenon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.