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Old World Monkey

Cercopithecus sp.


Where is it found?

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Tropical regions in the old world

Diet and foraging method

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Forages on vegetation and fruit but will also hunt invertebrates and small mammals.
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Key adaptations

Forelimbs are shorter than hindlimbs. Many have hard sitting pads on their rump that can be brightly coloured and used in dominance and sexual displays.

Social organisation and mating system

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Large multi male troops, or 'harems' with one adult male and several females
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Polygynous

Did you know that...?

Old world monkeys have well developed facial muscles.

Taxonomy

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Picture credits:

Maps from: http://species.mol.org/species/
"Olive baboon Ngorongoro" by Muhammad Mahdi Karim (www.micro2macro.net) Facebook Youtube - Own work. Licensed under GFDL 1.2 via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olive_baboon_Ngorongoro.jpg#/media/File:Olive_baboon_Ngorongoro.jpg
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