New African Monkey Species Identified (IMAGE)

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New African Monkey Species Identified

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This shows adult pelage coloration. Portraits are of a captive adult male Cercopithecus hamlyni (upper left), photo by Noel Rowe, with permission; and captive adult male Cercopithecus lomamiensis (upper right).

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Citation: Hart JA, Detwiler KM, Gilbert CC, Burrell AS, Fuller JL, et al. (2012) Lesula: A New Species of Cercopithecus Monkey Endemic to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Implications for Conservation of Congo’s Central Basin. <i>PLoS ONE </i>7(9): e44271. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044271

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