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Allochrocebus lhoesti (L'Hoest's monkey)

Synonyms: Cercopithecus lhoesti; Cercopithecus thomasi; Cercopithecus thomasi rutschuricus; Chlorocebus lhoesti

Wikipedia Abstract

L'Hoest's monkey (Cercopithecus lhoesti), or mountain monkey, is a guenon found in the upper eastern Congo basin. They mostly live in mountainous forest areas in small, female-dominated groups. They have a dark coat and can be distinguished by a characteristic white beard.
View Wikipedia Record: Allochrocebus lhoesti

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Allochrocebus lhoesti

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
33
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.56
EDGE Score: 2.9
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  10.278 lbs (4.662 kg)
Female Weight [1]  7.661 lbs (3.475 kg)
Male Weight [1]  12.897 lbs (5.85 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  68.3 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Vertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  50 %
Diet - Plants [2]  10 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  30 %
Diet - Vertibrates [2]  10 %
Forages - Arboreal [2]  100 %
Litter Size [3]  1
Litters / Year [3]  1
Maximum Longevity [3]  24 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  20 inches (51 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Albertine Rift montane forests Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi,Tanzania Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Northeastern Congolian lowland forests Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Republic of the Congo Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Kahuzi-Biéga National Park II 1647768 Democratic Republic of the Congo  
Kibale National Park II 196202 Uganda
Maiko National Park II 2689932 Democratic Republic of the Congo      

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Eastern Afromontane Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe No

Prey / Diet

Musanga cecropioides (Musanga cecropioides)[4]
Pycnanthus angolensis[4]

Range Map

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
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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