Lowe's Mona Monkey Characteristics | Cercopithecus Lowei Diet & Facts

Kingdom	Order	Family	Genus	Species
Animalia	Primates	Cercopithecidae	Cercopithecus	Cercopithecus lowei

Lowe’s Mona Monkey Distribution

Lowe’s Mona Monkey Characteristics

Lowe’s Mona monkey^[1] (Cercopithecus lowei) is an Old-World monkey in the Cercopithecidae family found from Ghana to the Ivory Coast.

It was previously classified as a subspecies of Campbell’s mona monkey, Cercopithecus campbelli.
Lowe’s Mona monkeys have interesting coloration with black or gray arms, legs, lower back, a brownish-yellow upper back, and a large, puffy, white ruff on the chest.
The upper half of their face is yellow, and the sides are grey. The center of their face is bald and primarily grey, with pink under their nose.
Their amber eyes are large and expressive. They have long, thin, black tail that helps them move through the forest.
There is no sexual dimorphism apart from the larger size of the males.

What Do Lowe’s Mona Monkeys Eat?

The Lowe’s Mona Monkey consumes many plant matters including^[¶]:

Lowe’s Mona Monkey Facts

Lowe’s Mona monkeys generally consist of one male and several females. However, bachelor groups of males and groups with several males and several females have also been observed.
Females within the group tend to be very social, with males interacting less frequently with other group members.
Females, who make up the majority of adults in a group, have a much wider range of vocalizations than males, including types of calls to indicate distress, threat, and contact with another group.
Around dawn and dusk, the dominant male will climb a post in an emerging tree and give a series of booms.
Lowe’s Mona Monkey is a slow and deliberate collector.

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Key References

^[1] – “View of Population studies of Lowes Monkey (Mammalia: Primates: Cercopithecidae: Cercopithecus lowei Thomas, 1923) in Kakum Conservation Area, Ghana| Journal of Threatened Taxa”. Accessed September 24, 2022. Link.
^[¶] – Fricke, E.C., Svenning, J. Accelerating homogenization of the global plant-frugivore meta-network. Nature 585, 74-78 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2640-y.

Lowe’s Mona Monkey