Mona Monkey 4427866 221356456 2008-06-24T04:29:37Z UtherSRG 33145 add image (was on [[Crested Mona Monkey]]) {{Taxobox | name = Mona Monkey<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Groves|pages=157}}</ref> | image = Koczkodan koroniasty.jpg | status = LR/lc | status_system = iucn2.3 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{IUCN2006|assessors=Butynski ''et al''|year=2000|id=4222|title=Cercopithecus mona|downloaded=12 May 2006}}</ref> | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Primate]]s | familia = [[Cercopithecidae]] | genus = ''[[Cercopithecus]]'' | species = '''''C. mona''''' | binomial = ''Cercopithecus mona'' | binomial_authority = ([[Schreber]], 1774) }} The '''Mona Monkey''' (''Cercopithecus mona'') is an [[Old World monkey]] that lives throughout [[western Africa]]. This [[guenon]] lives in groups of up to 35 in arboreal regions. It mainly feeds on fruit but sometimes eats insects and leaves. The Mona Monkey has brown [[agouti]] fur with a white rump. Its tail and legs are black and the face is blue-grey with a dark stripe across the face. The Mona Monkey carries food in cheek pouches. ==External links== *[http://origin.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol9no10/02-0667.htm ''Weissella confusa'' Infection in Primate (''Cercopithecus mona'')] ==References== {{reflist}} *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/311.shtml BBC Science and Nature] {{C.Cercopithecinae nav}} {{primate-stub}} [[Category:Mammals of Africa]] [[de:Monameerkatze]] [[es:Cercopithecus mona]] [[fi:Monamarakatti]]