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Cercopithecus mitis kandti (golden monkey)

Synonyms: Cercopithecus insignis; Cercopithecus kandti

Wikipedia Abstract

The golden monkey (Cercopithecus kandti) is a species of Old World monkey found in the Virunga volcanic mountains of Central Africa, including four national parks: Mgahinga, in south-west Uganda; Volcanoes, in north-west Rwanda; and Virunga and Kahuzi-Biéga, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. It is restricted to highland forest, especially near bamboo. This species was previously thought to be a subspecies of the blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis), and the two are similar overall, but the golden monkey has a golden-orange patch on the upper flanks and back.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  12.278 lbs (5.569 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  392 grams
Female Weight [1]  9.282 lbs (4.21 kg)
Male Weight [1]  15.276 lbs (6.929 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  64.6 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  60 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  10 %
Diet - Plants [2]  30 %
Forages - Arboreal [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  5 years
Male Maturity [1]  4 years 7 months
Gestation [1]  4 months 17 days
Litter Size [1]  1
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  38 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  25 inches (64 cm)

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0