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Greater spot nosed monkey

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Kingdom
  
Order
  
Genus
  
Cercopithecus

Higher classification
  
Guenon

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Cercopithecidae

Scientific name
  
Cercopithecus nictitans

Rank
  
Species

Greater spot-nosed monkey Greater spotnosed monkey by Nesihonsu on DeviantArt

Similar
  
Guenon, Lesser spot‑nosed monkey, Primate, Moustached guenon, Crested mona monkey

The greater spot-nosed monkey or putty-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus nictitans) is one of the smallest Old World monkeys. It is a guenon of the C. mitis group, native to West Africa and living to some extent in rain forests, but more often in the transition zone between rain forest and savannah. It is primarily arboreal and often associates with monkeys of other species. Both their common names come from the monkeys' prominent white nose.

Greater spot-nosed monkey Greater Spotnosed Monkey Grote witneusmeerkat Cercopithe Flickr

The greater spot-nosed monkey lives in groups consisting of one adult male, a number of adult females, and their dependent offspring. Little recent research has been conducted into its behaviour, and most has concentrated on its auditory communication. Males use three call types which have been described as 'booms', 'pyows', and 'hacks'. These are used in a number of contexts including as alarm calls.

Greater spot-nosed monkey Greater Spotnosed Monkeyquot by Jacqueline van Zetten Redbubble

As in some other species of monkeys, the acoustical structure of greater spot-nosed monkey alarm calls it has been argued to vary according to the kind of predator spotted. The monkey reportedly combines different sounds into a sequence, which has an entirely different meaning from the sounds out of which it is made. For instance, the sound "pyow" alone means another animal, like a leopard, is lurking nearby, and "hack" means a flying animal, like an eagle, is flying nearby, but when the two are combined, as in the sequence "pyow pyow hack hack hack hack", they have an entirely different meaning: Let's get out of here and move to another place.

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Lessor spot nosed guenon


Greater spot-nosed monkey Greater Spotnosed Monkey The greater spotnosed monkey or Putty

Greater spot-nosed monkey Greater spotnosed monkey Cercopithecus nictitans Old World

Greater spot-nosed monkey Lesser Spotnosed Monkey Cercopithecus petaurista petauris Flickr

References

Greater spot-nosed monkey Wikipedia