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Sooty, or white-collared mangabey - CERCOCEBUS TORQUATUS
Class: Animals with Milk Glands (Mammalia)
The word "Mangabey": "Mangabey" comes from "Mangaby," a region of Madagascar.
Location: Subsaharan western Africa.
Habitat: Terrestrial and arboreal. Tropical forests.
Description: The mangabey's body is powerful although its form is slender, with very long legs. Its relatively short tail is stiff and held raised at an acute angle. The coat on the back is gray, while the underside is white, and on the head there is a reddish brown cap. The mangabey reaches about 26 inches, adding about the same for its tail, and it weighs about 25 lbs.
Behavior: The sooty mangabey lives in small groups of 4 to 12 individuals, preferably on the ground and among the lower layers of the forest. It moves nimbly among the branches of trees, but its movements are always unhurried and sure-footed. The tail is partly prehensile and helps it to hold onto branches. It feeds on plant matter, but also eats insects and birds' eggs. It is a very social animal, and the group has a highly developed communications system, which functions by means of shrieks and other sounds as well as by means of expressive facial gestures. Its main enemy is the leopard.
Reproduction: Nothing is known about its reproductive biology or behavior.
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