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Another Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) at Club Med. They are pests -- they can open doors and will steal anything left out.
In Kenya, It is very hot, so between two game safari, we decided to go to the swiming pool of the lodge. There were a lot of little monkeys, and they were drinking in the water of the pool.
He is one of this small humans...
These little guys move fast. This was about my best shot out of about 20 shots.
Nikon D800 with Nikkor 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 AF-S.
Programmed Exposure and Auto-ISO chose 1/250th, f/5.6 and ISO250. EXIF shows the zoom is at 135mm - so the little guy is quite close really!
...yet again. Anytime we visit Vedanthangal it is not only the birds that we look forward to but these playful monkeys too. I realised I have quite a few pictures of them. Here is one more.
But today we went with Uma's mother and Uma didn't get to play with them like other times.
REGION-South America Squirrel monkeys may be found in groups of up to 300 individuals, depending on the habitat
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Costa Rica. Manuel Antonio park.
Mono titi.
Saimiri oersteddii
Saimiri oerstedii occurs along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and Panama inland to altitudes of up to 500 m asl. The north-eastern limit is marked by the RÃo TulÃn in the north Herradura Mountains (9°40’N, 84°35’W) and Dota Mountains (9°37’N, 84°35’W). Along the coast of the Golfo Dulce and the Burica Peninsula to the western part of the Chiriquà Province, mouth of the RÃo Fonseca, including the Archipelago of the Golfo de ChiriquÃ, in Panama (Hershkovitz 1984; Boinski et al. 1998; Reid 1997).
There are two subspecies:
Saimiri oerstedii oerstedii occurs along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, from the left bank of the RÃo Grande de Térraba to the Osa Pensinsula, along the coast of the Golfo Dulce and the Burica Peninsula to the western part of the Chiriquà Province, mouth of the RÃo Fonseca, including the Archipelago of the Golfo de ChiriquÃ, in Panama (Hershkovitz 1984; Boinski et al. 1998; Reid 1997). Surveys by Baldwin and Baldwin (1972, 1976) recorded its presence on the Burica Peninsula, but indicated that it is now restricted to a narrow strip of scattered lowland coastal forest fragments, not extending to the type locality David, although it possibly occurred as far east as Remedios (well to the east of David) prior to the 1950s. Altitudinal range is 0 to 500 m asl (Hershkovitz 1984). RodrÃguez-Vargas (2003) mapped the remaining populations in Panama.
The historic range of Saimiri oerstedii citrinellus is along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, to altitudes of up to 500 m asl. The north-eastern limit is marked by the RÃo TulÃn in the north Herradura Mountains (9°40’N, 84°35’W) and Dota Mountains (9°37’N, 84°35’W), and the southern limit is the north bank of the RÃo Grande de Térraba (8°25´N, 84°25´W) (Arauz 1993; Sierra et al. 2003). Its occurrence is sporadic, and the surviving populations are entirely fragmented (Alfaro 1987; Wong 1990; Sierra et al. 2003).
The Vervet Monkey ranges throughout much of Southern and East Africa. Vervet monkeys living near areas inhabited by people including camps in National Parks can become pests, stealing food and other items and raiding crops.
The Mandrill is a primate and is considered an old world monkey being very closely related to baboons.
The Mandrill holds the distinction of being one of the largest species of monkeys in the world.
They can weigh in at close to 60 pounds for males and forty pounds for the females who are a great deal smaller.
Mandrills also have a very unique olive color to their fur and a very distinct coloration to their backside and face, which grows more pronounced as they get older and reach maturity.
The female’s colors are duller in color but as they come into breeding season the color is more pronounced.
Males will grow to be about 3 feet tall and will live as long as 25 years, females too will live to be about 20 years old. They do not breed until between 3 and 4 years of age.
Mandrills live in the rainforest of Gabon and the Congo areas as well as near the equator in Guinea.
They are very social and live as many other monkeys’ do, in large groups of animals including male’s, females and juveniles and infants. The group is led by a single dominant male who usually remains solitary.
One of the largest groups of Mandrills every verified by filming numbered well over 1300 monkeys in a national park in Gabon. It was the biggest monkey group ever recorded.
Mandrills are omnivores, which mean they will eat both vegetation and animal flesh. They forage daily for food, taking insects and small animals as well as vegetation.
The leopard has a particular liking for Mandrill and is one of the main predators that will take the monkeys.
Mandrills are not always well liked as a bigger group of them can cause a great deal of damage to crops in the area in a relatively short time span.
Mandrill’s females are pregnant for about 6 months are usually born between February and April.
The Mandrill courts each other. The female leads while the male follows and he will make small growling noises as he does.
Mandrill babies are born with open eyes and already furred. They have very pink skin for a few months, but can hang on to the mother when born and support their own weight.
Females, mothers form bonds with their children that may last a lifetime in the females, although with young males it lasts only until they reach maturity.