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Mangabey, Golden-bellied
(Cercocebus galeritus chrysogaster) |
Mammalia |
These are medium-sized monkeys, restricted to forests and closely related to the baboons. Head and body length ranges from 17 to 33 inches. Males weigh ... |
Marmoset, Pygmy
(Callithrix pygmaea pygmaea) |
Mammalia |
This is the smallest New World primate. The body length is 7 to 7½ inches, tail length 7½ inches, and weight 4½ to 7 ounces. ... |
Monkey, Allen's Swamp
(Cercopithecus nigroviridis) |
Mammalia |
Head and body length range from 17.7 to 18 inches. Tail length is about 19.5 inches. Weight ranges from 7.7 lbs to 13 lbs, with ... |
Monkey, Black Howler
(Alouatta caraya) |
Mammalia |
Male and female black howler monkeys are colored quite differently. Mature males are black, while the young and females are blond. (This difference between male ... |
Monkey, Colobus
(Colobus guereza kikuyensis) |
Mammalia |
Head/body length is 20-28 in., tail length is 24-40 in., and weight is 8-20 lbs., though large males may reach 25 lbs. The legs are ... |
Monkey, Common Squirrel
(Saimiri sciureus) |
Mammalia |
Head and body length 10.4-14.4 in.; tail length 14-17 in.; weight 2.5-3.7 lb. The tail is not prehensile.These diurnal monkeys are arboreal and only occasionally ... |
Monkey, Francois' Langur
(Presbytis francoisi) |
Mammalia |
These monkeys are part of the leaf-eating group of cercopithicines. They have a large stomach in which fibrous leaves can ferment and eventually be digested. ... |
Monkey, Goeldi's
(Callimico goeldii) |
Mammalia |
Squirrel-like and marmoset-sized, the rare Goeldis monkey seems to occupy an anatomically intermediate place between the Callitrichidae and the Cebidae. The Goeldis monkey is about ... |
Monkey, Robust Black Spider
(Ateles fusciceps robustus) |
Mammalia |
Males and females are about the same size and weigh 17-19 lbs. The tail is prehensile, long, and extremely flexible. The naked skin on the ... |
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