Sun-tailed Monkey
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Sun-tailed Monkey
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Cercopithecidae Genus: Cercopithecus Species: C. solatus
Binomial name
Cercopithecus solatus M. H. S. Harrison, 1988

The Sun-tailed Monkey (Cercopithecus solatus), also known as the Sun-tailed Guenon, is a primate that lives semi-terrestrially in one hilly area of moist evergreen forest in Gabon.

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.

References

• Butynski et al (2000). Cercopithecus solatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is vulnerable and the criteria used
• Groves, C. (2005-11-16). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 158. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
• Animal Info 2004

External links

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Sun-tailed Monkey

• ARKive - images and movies of the sun-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus solatus)

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