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Allochrocebus lhoesti
This beautiful medium sized monkey is pretty much black all over with a characteristic white patch running down the cheeks, under the jaw and onto the chest. They also have a brownish patch across their backs but this is not always obvious in the low light of the forest.
Often referred to as the Mountain Monkey, these primates live in montane forest. In this case on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda. Seen in small groups of females and young. The range of this species is quite restricted. They are classed as being vulnerable.
I spotted this small troop as I was walking out of the forest. It was pouring with rain and not great for cameras but I couldn't resist the cute little guys.
Spotted on Jul 7, 2019
Submitted on Nov 30, 2019
24 Comments
Thank you Karan
Congrats
Thank you Tukup, Ashutosh, Antonio, Neil and Sergio for your kind comments and support.
Great spotting Rob. Congratulations.
Congratulations, Rob. This is a wonderful spotting, and she has a baby too. I laughed when I saw those two little eyes peeping back :D
Great spotting,Rob,congrats on the well derserved SOTW and thanks for sharing
Beautiful! Congrats!
Another great series for a well-deserved SOTW Triggs. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much PN rangers for this SOTW. Also to all that have commented and or liked this spotting. All much appreciated.
Congratulations, Your shots are terrific ( as always.)
Congrats on SOTW!! Well deserved with this great series!!
well deserved SOTW(:
Congrats, triggsturner, this spotting has been voted Spotting of the Week by the Rangers! The Rangers were impressed with your beautiful photographs highlighting a vulnerable species. Your detailed notes do a great job of educating the Project Noah community on the lhoesti Monkey!
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Great series Rob! This species was actually moved from the genus Cercopithecus to the genus Allochrocebus, and it appears as Cercopithecus lhoesti in spottings by pamsai and Dan Doucette which you can see on this page as "Related Spottings". Also, the latin species name should be spelled lhoesti and not l'hoesti. Glad that these have become your new favorite!
Thank you Maria and Zlatan for your comments. Glad you like these guys. As monkeys go they have become my new favourite. Appreciate the support.
Wow - just great spotting!
Wonderful series and it appears to be the first spotting of this species on Noah!
Thank you Karen and Michael for your comments and support of this spotting. It is much appreciated.
Another very cool series. Very cute little guy!
Gorgeous monkeys!
Thank you for the nomination Machi. Honoured.
Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated!
Thanks for your comment Ava. The little guy peeking out from under mum was just gorgeous. Unfortunately mum wasnt hanging around for pictures so that was the best i got of them.
The baby in #2 is lovely.