Greater spot-nosed monkey

Great White nose monkey ( Cercopithecus nictitans )

The Great White nose monkey ( Cercopithecus nictitans ) is a primate of the species of vervet monkeys ( Cercopithecus ) within the family Cercopithecidae ( Cercopithecidae ).

Features

The coat of the Great White nose monkey is uniformly colored gray. The face is dark, eponymous feature is a bright nose patch of short white hair. This type is one with a Kopfrumpfläng of 40 to 70 centimeters, an up to 102 centimeters long tail and weighing up to 12 kilograms to the larger sea cat species, the males are slightly larger than females.

Distribution and habitat

The home of the Great White nose monkey is located in West and Central Africa. The distribution area covers both Liberia and the Ivory Coast, on the other hand, it extends from Nigeria to the Central African Republic and the north-west of the Democratic Republic of Congo and also includes the island of Bioko one with. Their habitat is forests, making it a favorite with near rivers often flooded areas.

Way of life

These animals are diurnal and arboreal. Like all monkeys, they also live in groups consisting of one male, several females and their offspring. The group size is around 15 to 40 Within the group, the animals communicate with a range of sounds and gestures by which they differ, for example enemies. The food of animals consists primarily of fruits and seeds, in addition they also take leaves and insects to him.

Threat

The Great White nose guenon has a total of IUCN considered not an endangered species. However, are at risk populations in the west of the distribution area (Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire), who are at risk of extinction, according to IUCN ( critically endangered ) and the population on the island of Bioko, which are IUCN endangered ( endangered ).

System

The Great White nose monkey, together with the Blue Monkey and the other mitis group within the genus of monkeys. With the Little White nose monkey, however, it is only distantly related.

The internal system is not completely clarified. The isolated western population in Liberia and the Ivory Coast is sometimes considered a subspecies Cercopithecus nictitans stampflii that the island of Bioko as a subspecies C. m. martini. However, Wilson & Reeder (2005) recognize only martini and the nominate nictitans.