Sun-tailed Monkey
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The sun-tailed monkey also known as the sun-tailed guenon, is a primate that lives semi-terrestrial
ly in one hilly area of moist evergreen forest in Gabon
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The sun-tailed monkey was only discovered in 1984, so not much is known about it. It is a frugivore
. It weighs up to about 4 – 9 kg. Troops consist of one adult male and several females and young.
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
ly in one hilly area of moist evergreen forest in Gabon
Gabon
Gabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...
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The sun-tailed monkey was only discovered in 1984, so not much is known about it. It is a frugivore
Frugivore
A frugivore is a fruit eater. It can be any type of herbivore or omnivore where fruit is a preferred food type. Because approximately 20% of all mammalian herbivores also eat fruit, frugivory is considered to be common among mammals. Since frugivores eat a lot of fruit they are highly dependent...
. It weighs up to about 4 – 9 kg. Troops consist of one adult male and several females and young.