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Lesula

Cercopithecus lomamiensis

Classification

The lesula (Cercopithecus lomamiensis) is a species of Old World monkey in the guenon genus Cercopithecus, found in the Lomami Basin of the Congo. Though known to locals, it was unknown to the international scientific community until it was discovered in 2007 and confirmed in a 2012 publication. The lesula is the second new species of African monkey to be discovered since 1984.

Distribution

(c) Hart JA, Detwiler KM, Gilbert CC, Burrell AS, Fuller JL, et al. (2012), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
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