Mangabey
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see monkey.
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Monkey - any of a large and varied group of mammals of the primate order.
Sooty mangabey, white mangabey
Cercocebus torquatus
A long-tailed relative of the baboons, mangabeys live in mixed groups on the forest floor.
Subspecies
Several variants, but none given subspecies status.
Armadillos are often used in the study of leprosy, since they, along with mangabey monkeys, rabbits and mice (on their footpads), are among the few known non-human animal species that can contract the disease systemically.
Red-capped mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus)
Straw-headed bulbul (Pycnonotus zeylanicus)
Striated heron (Butorides striata)
Madagascar sacred ibis (Threskiornis bernieri)
Aldabra rail (Dryolimnas aldabranus)
Hairy-nosed otter (Lutra sumatrana) ...
Initially assumed to be a mangabey-a species of monkey found only in Africa-subsequent DNA analysis revealed that the kipunji is an entirely new genus of primate. WCS derived its scientific name from the mountain on which it was found, Mount Rungwe.
 See also: Monkey, Macaque, Baboons, Baboon, Rabbit
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