Recently discovered in the high forest canopy of a small range in the Congo and first formally described by scientists in July. Just the 4th new African monkey species identified in the last 75 years.
This kind of stuff fascinates me and it’s encouraging that we’ve still got places remote enough that mammals undescribed by science are still out there.
news.yale.edu
“The species, Colobus congoensis, is a rare and cryptic monkey largely unknown even among people living within its range. But those who are familiar with the small, black monkeys — an arboreal creature marked by distinctive orange-cream patches around their mouths and noses — call them “Likweli,” which the researchers recommend remain the species’ common name.”
This kind of stuff fascinates me and it’s encouraging that we’ve still got places remote enough that mammals undescribed by science are still out there.
Meet ‘Likweli’: A new monkey species discovered in the Congo Basin
Yale researchers have helped to describe a new species of Colobus monkey living high in the forest canopies of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
news.yale.edu
“The species, Colobus congoensis, is a rare and cryptic monkey largely unknown even among people living within its range. But those who are familiar with the small, black monkeys — an arboreal creature marked by distinctive orange-cream patches around their mouths and noses — call them “Likweli,” which the researchers recommend remain the species’ common name.”
