Cherry-crowned mangabey
This animal is one of a group of cherry-crowned mangabey's that live at Colchester Zoo in Essex.
The cherry-crowned mangabey has grey fur covering its body, but its common names refer to the colours on its head and neck. Its prominent red cap gives it the name cherry-crowned, and its white collar gives it the alternate names collared and white-collared. Its ears are black and it has striking white eyelids. It has a dark grey tail that exceeds the length of the body and is often held with the white tip over its head. It has long molars and very large incisors. The average body weight for captive animals ranges from 19.85 to 22 lb. (9 to 10 kg) for males and 16.5 to 19 lb. (7.5 to 8.6 kg) for females.[5] Head and body length is 18.5 to 26.4 in. (47 to 67 cm) in males and 17.7 to 23.6 in. (45 to 60 cm) in females.
These mangabey are found in coastal swamp, mangrove, and valley forests, from western Nigeria, east and south into Cameroon, and throughout Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon, and on the Gabon-Congo border by the Atlantic shore.
Cherry-crowned mangabey lives in large groups of 10 to 35 individuals including several males. Vocal communication in the form of cackles and barks are used to keep the group in contact and signal their position to other groups. It has a diet of fruits and seeds, but also eats nuts, grasses, leaves, foliage, flowers, insects, mushrooms, and gum.
The cherry-crowned mangabey has no defined breeding season. After a gestation period of 5 to 6 months, a female gives birth to a single infant.
In 2006, it was estimated that annually about 3,000 cherry-crowned mangabeys are hunted for the bushmeat trade. They also face habitat destruction of their native range. The species has been classified as 'Endangered' by the IUCN in the last couple of years due to the wild population decreasing.
Cherry-crowned mangabey
This animal is one of a group of cherry-crowned mangabey's that live at Colchester Zoo in Essex.
The cherry-crowned mangabey has grey fur covering its body, but its common names refer to the colours on its head and neck. Its prominent red cap gives it the name cherry-crowned, and its white collar gives it the alternate names collared and white-collared. Its ears are black and it has striking white eyelids. It has a dark grey tail that exceeds the length of the body and is often held with the white tip over its head. It has long molars and very large incisors. The average body weight for captive animals ranges from 19.85 to 22 lb. (9 to 10 kg) for males and 16.5 to 19 lb. (7.5 to 8.6 kg) for females.[5] Head and body length is 18.5 to 26.4 in. (47 to 67 cm) in males and 17.7 to 23.6 in. (45 to 60 cm) in females.
These mangabey are found in coastal swamp, mangrove, and valley forests, from western Nigeria, east and south into Cameroon, and throughout Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon, and on the Gabon-Congo border by the Atlantic shore.
Cherry-crowned mangabey lives in large groups of 10 to 35 individuals including several males. Vocal communication in the form of cackles and barks are used to keep the group in contact and signal their position to other groups. It has a diet of fruits and seeds, but also eats nuts, grasses, leaves, foliage, flowers, insects, mushrooms, and gum.
The cherry-crowned mangabey has no defined breeding season. After a gestation period of 5 to 6 months, a female gives birth to a single infant.
In 2006, it was estimated that annually about 3,000 cherry-crowned mangabeys are hunted for the bushmeat trade. They also face habitat destruction of their native range. The species has been classified as 'Endangered' by the IUCN in the last couple of years due to the wild population decreasing.