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Cercopithecus mitis (4)
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![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 75 W: 57 N: 325]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (1347) | The Blue Monkey or Diademed Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis) is a species of guenon native to various parts of east, central and southern Africa, including the Congo River basin.
Despite its name, the Blue Monkey is not noticeably blue: it has little hair on its face, and this does sometimes give a blue appearance, but it never has the vivid blue appearance of a mandrill, for example. The fur is short, and mainly a grizzled brown colour apart from the face (which is dark with a pale or yellowish patch on the forehead - the "diadem" from which the species derives its common name) and the mantle, which varies between subspecies. Typical sizes are from 50 to 65 cm in length (not including the tail, which is almost as long as the rest of the animal), with females weighing a little over 4 kg and males up to 8 kg.
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This photo is taken in Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania, Tanzania.
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