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Near ThreatenedMaximum longevity: 30 years (captivity) Observations: Some estimates suggest that these animals may live up to 30 years in the wild (Bernhard Grzimek 1990). One wild born female was about 30 years old when she died in captivity (Richard Weigl 2005).
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- taxon name
- Cercopithecus mona
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- Cercopithecus mona
- taxon common name
- meniška opica
- longest observed lifespan
- 30
- short name
- C. mona
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The mona monkey (Cercopithecus mona) is an Old World monkey that lives in western Africa between Ghana and Cameroon. The mona monkey can also be found on the island of Grenada as it was transported to the island aboard slave ships headed to the New World during the 18th century. This guenon lives in groups of up to thirty-five in forests. It mainly feeds on fruit, but sometimes eats insects and leaves. The mona monkey has brown agouti fur with a white rump. Its tail and legs are black and the face is blue-grey with a dark stripe across the face. The mona monkey carries food in cheek pouches.
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