patas monkey

Description:

The patas monkey grows to 85 cm (33 in) in length, excluding the tail, which measures 75 cm (30 in). Adult males are considerably larger than adult females. Reaching speeds of 55 km/h (34 mph), it is the fastest runner among the primates. Patas monkeys are a slender species colored red-brown dorsally and grey-white ventrally (Rowe 1996). During the breeding season, there are multi-male influxes into the group. Once juvenile males reach sexual maturity (around the age of 4 years old) they leave the group, usually joining all-male groups. The adult females in the group initiate movement of the group with the male following their lead.[4]. The face can be recognized by a black brow ridge and nose as well as by the white area around the mouth. they share an environment with with many animals and insects including a zebra, snakes. a mosquito sucking the blood from a patas monkey is a parasitism symbiotic relationship.

Habitat:

Patas monkeys occur in a broad band across central Africa, between the Sahara in the north and the equatorial rain forests in the south. They occur from Senegal on the west coast of Africa all the way east to the Sudan and south to Lake Tanganyika, one of Africa's Great Lakes. Kenya, the Congo, the Central African Republic, Cameroon and northern Tanzania form the southern border of the patas' range. To the north, their range extends into Mauritania, Mali, Niger, and Chad. Open country is the domain of the patas monkey, but they adapt well and tolerate several types of habitat. The patas monkey habitat can range from savanna and steppe to woodland and thorn scrub, and from true desert to relatively moist areas. The patas monkey prefers wide open areas and ventures only into those woodlands near open areas.

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references: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patas_monke... http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/e...