Common Name: Lesser Spot Nosed Guenon
Scientific Name: Cercopithecus petaurista
LOWER RISK Lesser Spot Nosed Guenon
Lesser Spot Nosed Guenon have greenish-grey coats. Their faces are black apart from a bright white spot on their nose (hence their name) and a white bib.
Distribution:
The monkeys spend most of their day foraging for food. Most of their diet is made up of fruit but they will supplement this with small animals such as birds and rodents if they can catch them. If they are struggling to find food they will raid crops, this makes them unpopular with farmers.
Eastern Africa
Habitat: Forest Height: Approx. 45cm Weight: 3kg - 4kg Diet: Omnivorous Fruit, leaves, animals.
The monkeys are ‘old world’ monkeys, meaning they come from either Africa of Asia. Lesser Spot Nosed Guenons come from eastern areas of Africa, in the countries from the Gambia to Benin, where they inhabit lowland rainforest and coastal swamp. These monkeys are largely arboreal, spending most of their time up in the trees. Generally these monkeys form groups that consist of a single male and many females. The ‘dominant’ male will guard the females and protect the territory from predators and rival groups. They have been seen in medium size groups in the wild of up to 20 individuals. Groups this size would only form when food was plentiful and there was little competition between the monkeys.