Golden Monkey

Taxobox
name = Golden MonkeyMSW3 Groves | pages=156]
status = EN
trend =
status_system = iucn2.3
status_ref = IUCN2007 | assessors = Butynski, T. "et al" | year = 2000 | id = 4236 | title = Cercopithecus mitis "spp." kandti | downloaded = 2008-03-30]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Primates
familia = Cercopithecidae
genus = "Cercopithecus"
species = "C. kandti"
binomial = "Cercopithecus kandti"
binomial_authority = Matschie, 1905

: "This article is about the monkey. For the tea, see Golden Monkey tea"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. The Golden Monkey inhabits a small area which overlaps the territory of one group of the Mountain Gorilla.specify|date=July 2008

Not much is known about the Golden Monkey's behaviour. It lives in social groups of up to 30 individuals. Its diet consists mainly of leaves and fruit, though it is also thought to eat insects.

Due to the gradual destruction of their habitat and recent wars in their limited habitat, the Golden Monkey is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List.

References

External links

* [http://www.photographersdirect.com/stockimages/k/kandti.asp Photo gallery of the Golden Monkey.]