Mona
Monkey Status - Vulnerable Life
span: 40 to 45 years Total population: 200,000 Location: Equatorial Africa Gestation: 8 months Height: 2.68 ft (approx) Weight: 70 to 132 lb (approx) Mona monkeys have a brown agouti back with a white rump, a black tail and black outer-parts on their limbs. They have cheek pouches in which to carry food while they forage. Their faces are a blue-grey colour with a dark stripe running from each eye to each ear, with a white forehead and a pink muzzle. They live in large packs from 5 – 50. They usually have one adult male to a social group. Only when the groups are large will there be more than one. They are loud and noise with calls like expressive moans.They eat fruit, shoots, leaves and insects. |
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