Golden-bellied mangabey
| Golden-bellied mangabey[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Cercocebus |
| Species: | C. chrysogaster
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| Binomial name | |
| Cercocebus chrysogaster Lydekker, 1900
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| Golden-bellied mangabey range | |
The golden-bellied mangabey (Cercocebus chrysogaster) is an Endangered Old World monkey found in swampy, humid forests south of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was previously considered a subspecies of the agile mangabey (C. agilis).[1]
A study of wild populations found that they form large, complex social groups that in some ways resemble those of humans:[3]
[W]hile individuals form friendships, they also irritate each other by snatching food, accidentally stepping on tails, and insisting on trying to groom newborn infants (which annoys the mom). They make up by grooming and playing.[3]
When faced with predators such as Gaboon vipers, groups will band together and fight collectively.[3]
Little is published about the species and its behaviour has mostly been studied in captivity.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 153. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Hart, J.A.; Thompson, J. (2020). "Cercocebus chrysogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T4207A17956177. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T4207A17956177.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Kimbrough, Liz (July 25, 2024). "DRC's golden-bellied mangabeys: A little-known but much-threatened monkey". Mongabay. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
External links
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Only known footage: J.M.Stritch: http://cornwallcameratrapping.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/only-know-footage-of-wild-golden.html
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