Mona Monkey
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The mona monkey is an Old World monkey
that lives throughout western Africa. The mona monkey can also be found on the island of Grenada
as it was transported to the island aboard slave ships headed to the New World during the 18th century. This guenon
lives in groups of up to 35 in arboreal regions. It mainly feeds on fruit but sometimes eats insects and leaves.
The mona monkey has brown agouti fur with a white rump. Its tail and legs are black and the face is blue-grey with a dark stripe across the face. The mona monkey carries food in cheek pouches.
Old World monkey
The Old World monkeys or Cercopithecidae are a group of primates, falling in the superfamily Cercopithecoidea in the clade Catarrhini. The Old World monkeys are native to Africa and Asia today, inhabiting a range of environments from tropical rain forest to savanna, shrubland and mountainous...
that lives throughout western Africa. The mona monkey can also be found on the island of Grenada
Grenada
Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...
as it was transported to the island aboard slave ships headed to the New World during the 18th century. This guenon
Guenon
The guenons are the genus Cercopithecus of Old World monkeys. Not all the members of this genus have the word "guenon" in their common names, and because of changes in scientific classification, some monkeys in other genera may have common names that do include the word "guenon"...
lives in groups of up to 35 in arboreal regions. It mainly feeds on fruit but sometimes eats insects and leaves.
The mona monkey has brown agouti fur with a white rump. Its tail and legs are black and the face is blue-grey with a dark stripe across the face. The mona monkey carries food in cheek pouches.