New monkey genre in Tanzania

2006/09/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Biologia
• Zoologia

Last year a new species of monkey was discovered in the mountain of Tanzania, but after DNA studies, it has been declared a genus. Monkeys have been found on Mount Rungwe, so the genus has also been given the name Rungwe, although in the local language these monkeys are called kipunji. Kipunjis are brown hairs, with whitish belly and long whiskers on the head.