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DIANA MONKEY  (Cercopithecus diana) - © Jill Greenberg The Diana Monkey is is an Old World monkey found in West Africa, from Sierra Leone to Côte d’Ivoire. It is found in the primeval forests, and does not thrive in secondary forests. It is active during the day. It feeds at all levels of the canopy, rarely comes down to the ground. Diana Monkeys retreat to the upper levels of the trees at night, though they do not make nests. They feed mainly on fruit and insects, but will also take flowers, young leaves and invertebrates, and are in turn preyed on by the Crowned Hawk-eagle, the Leopard, and the Common Chimpanzee and humans. The Diana Monkey is a noisy presence in the forest. Its marked coloration allows a wide range of visual social signals, and it also has a wide range of alarm calls, with different sounds for different predators. The monkey has distinctive alarm calls for different kinds of predators, and recent research has shown that other forest residents such as the Yellow-casqued Hornbill are able to discriminate these and take appropriate action. Fact Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Monkey Other Photos you may enjoy: White Faced Saki Monkey Colobus Family Owl Monkey

DIANA MONKEY  (Cercopithecus diana) - © Jill Greenberg

The Diana Monkey is is an Old World monkey found in West Africa, from Sierra Leone to Côte d’Ivoire. It is found in the primeval forests, and does not thrive in secondary forests. It is active during the day. It feeds at all levels of the canopy, rarely comes down to the ground. Diana Monkeys retreat to the upper levels of the trees at night, though they do not make nests. They feed mainly on fruit and insects, but will also take flowers, young leaves and invertebrates, and are in turn preyed on by the Crowned Hawk-eagle, the Leopard, and the Common Chimpanzee and humans.

The Diana Monkey is a noisy presence in the forest. Its marked coloration allows a wide range of visual social signals, and it also has a wide range of alarm calls, with different sounds for different predators. The monkey has distinctive alarm calls for different kinds of predators, and recent research has shown that other forest residents such as the Yellow-casqued Hornbill are able to discriminate these and take appropriate action.

Fact Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Monkey

Other Photos you may enjoy:

White Faced Saki Monkey

Colobus Family

Owl Monkey

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