The Roloway monkey, Cercopithecus roloway, is a large guenon endemic to tropical West Africa, found in a small area of eastern Ivory Coast and in the forests of Ghana. It was long treated as a subspecies of the Diana monkey and was recognised as a separate species in 2005. It is recognisable by a white beard under a black chin, a white brow stripe, bright white throat and chest, and a tail longer than its body. It lives in groups of about six to thirty animals, usually with a single male, and is active by day in the canopy of old-growth forest. The diet mixes fruit, flowers, leaves and insects. Hunting for the bushmeat trade and loss of forest have driven a steep decline, and the species is listed as critically endangered and counted among the most threatened primates in the world.
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Classification
Population Trend System (Realm) ThreatsBiological Resource Use 1 Relationship to People Living or Extinct Conservation Status Body Size Band Activity Pattern Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
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In Biome
Source Animal Diversity Web: Roloway monkey
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Source Roloway monkey (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, Ivory CoastQuote, Distribution and habitat, Ivory Coast
The species occurs in a small area of eastern Ivory Coast and the forests of Ghana
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Roloway monkey (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, where it livesQuote, Distribution and habitat, where it lives
The species occurs in a small area of eastern Ivory Coast and the forests of Ghana
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1. Roloway monkey (Wikipedia)
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The Roloway monkey (Cercopithecus roloway) is an endangered species of Old World monkey endemic to tropical West Africa.
Lead, conservation status
The species is classified as critically endangered due to habitat loss and their continued hunting because of the bushmeat trade.
Lead, hunting
The species is classified as critically endangered due to habitat loss and their continued hunting because of the bushmeat trade.
Ecology, Diet
The Roloway monkey is an omnivorous species, feeding on both plants and animals.
Behaviour
Roloway monkeys typically are diurnally active only
Distribution and habitat
The Roloway monkey inhabits the canopy of secluded, old-growth forests, including gallery forests, in moist, low-lying regions
Conservation, Threats
As their population continued to rapidly decline, and the hunting and habitat loss continued
Distribution and habitat, where it lives
The species occurs in a small area of eastern Ivory Coast and the forests of Ghana
Distribution and habitat, Ivory Coast
The species occurs in a small area of eastern Ivory Coast and the forests of Ghana
View the Source2. Animal Diversity Web: Roloway monkey
Animal Diversity WebConservation Status, CITES
Appendix I
Lifespan/Longevity, average lifespan (captivity)
31 years
In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Habitat, Terrestrial Biomes
rainforest
View the Source 3. Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 mammal diet data
Ecological Archives E095-178 (Wilman et al. 2014)Row Cercopithecus roloway: Row for the species, BodyMass-Value columnQuote, Row Cercopithecus roloway: Row for the species, BodyMass-Value column
719 Cercopithecus roloway Cercopithecidae 40 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 10 Ref_1 ABC Ar A 0 0 1 Ref_1 ABC 5500 Ref_120 1
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