De Brazza’s Monkey
De Brazza’s Monkey
Cercopithecus neglectus
De Brazza’s Monkey
De Brazza’s Monkey
Cercopithecus neglectus
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Class
Mammalia -
Order
Primates -
Familly
Cercopithecidae
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45-55cm -
up to 5.5kg -
6 months -
1 -
20 years
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Diet
omnivorous (mainly fruit, leaves, mushrooms, termites, worms) -
Habitat
swampy forests/forests close to rivers and waterways -
Range
Central Africa (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya) -
This species is part of a European Breeding Program
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Population in the wild
Inconnu -
IUCN REDLIST status
This is a mainly tree-dwelling species, but unlike other guenons, De Brazza’s Monkeys often move about in low branches and even on the ground. They are also more discreet than most other members of the Cercopithecidae family, only rarely announcing their presence with powerful group cries.
The De Brazza’s Monkey is named after the man who discovered it, Jacques Savorgnan de Brazza. This naturalist explored the Congo Basin at the request of his brother, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, commissioner general of the Congo from 1886 to 1897 and the founder of Brazzaville.
And in the wild
