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Southern Talapoin
Miopithecus talapoin
The Angolan talapoin (Miopithecus talapoin), also known as the southern talapoin, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. Angolan talapoins are the smallest species of Old World monkeys.
From the article Angolan talapoin on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The fur of the Angolan talapoin is coarsely banded yellow-and-black on the back and flanks and white or greyish white on the chest and belly. The head is round and short-snouted with a hairless face which has a black nose skin bordering the face. The scrotum is coloured pink medially and blue laterally. They show mild sexual dimorphism in body size, the average head and body length is 40 centimetres (16 in), the average tail length is 52.5 centimetres (20.7 in) and the average weight is 1,380 grams (49 oz) for males and 1,120 grams (40 oz) for females.
Range & habitat
The Angolan talapoin is limited to dense evergreen vegetation on the banks of rivers that often flow through miombo (Brachystegia) woodland or, as that is cleared, areas under cultivation.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 43543.