Preuss's Monkey

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iPreuss's Monkey
Conservation status
Endangered (EN)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Cercopithecidae Genus: Cercopithecus Species: C. preussi
Binomial name
Cercopithecus preussi Matschie, 1898

Preuss's Monkey (Cercopithecus preussi), also known as Preuss's Guenon, is a diurnal primate that lives terrestrially in mountainous (up to 2500 m) forests of eastern Nigeria, western Cameroon and Bioko in Equatorial Guinea. It is sometimes classified as a subspecies of the L'Hoest's Monkey (C. lhoesti).

The diet of Preuss's Monkey is primarily fruit, leaves and insects, occasionally raiding crops. It is darkish in coloration with a white chin. It weighs up to 10 kg. Troops consist of one adult male and several females and adolescents, averaging 17 total per troop. Females birth a single offspring about once every three years. they mature at 4 years and live to be an average of 31 years.

Preuss's Monkey is an endangered species, due to habitat loss and hunting. It is one of the species that live in the Guinean Forests of the West Africa Biodiversity Hotspot.

There are two subspecies of Preuss's Monkey:

• Cameroon Preuss's Monkey, Cercopithecus preussi preussi
• Bioko Preuss's Monkey, Cercopithecus preussi insularis

[edit] References

• Butynski et al (2000). Cercopithecus preussi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is endangered and the criteria used

• Groves, Colin (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 158. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
• Animal Info 2004