Roloway monkey

Roloway - tailed monkey ( Cercopithecus roloway )

The roloway - tailed monkey ( Cercopithecus roloway ) is a primate of the species of vervet monkeys ( Cercopithecus ) within the family Cercopithecidae ( Cercopithecidae ). It is closely related to the Diana guenon and is sometimes called the subspecies ( Cercopithecus diana ssp. Roloway ) is considered.

Of the Diana monkeys, these animals differ primarily in the slightly longer beard. Their fur is mostly black in color, as well as the face. The throat and the inner arms are white, the hip and the back part orange. The body length varies between 40 and 55 centimeters and their weight is between four and seven pounds.

Roloway - tailed monkeys live only in a small area in the southern parts of the Ivory Coast and Ghana. They are diurnal and arboreal who live in harem groups of 15 to 30 animals. The food of these primates is composed of fruits, flowers, seeds, insects and other invertebrates.

Roloway - tailed monkeys are among the most endangered primates on the African continent. Exact figures for the type are not available, they have been observed in some forests throughout their range, but are considered very rare. It is estimated that their population ( up to 80% possibly ) is due to habitat destruction and hunting in the last three generations by more than 50 % declined. The IUCN lists the sea roloway - cat as " critically endangered " ( endangered ).

In European zoos currently 29 animals live in captivity.