New monkey species found in Africa - Liberty Unyielding
A new species of monkey has been found in the Congo rainforest in Africa. Yale University explains: An international team of scientists, including Yale researchers, has described a new Colobus monkey species inhabiting high forest canopies in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It is just the fifth new species of African monkey discovered in …
A different species of Colobus monkey. By Ryan E. Poplin - Angola Colobus Monkey #6, CC BY-SA 2. 0, https://commons. wikimedia. org/w/index. php?curid=7042455Anew species of monkeyhas been found in the Congo rainforest in Africa. Yale Universityexplains:An international team of scientists, including Yale researchers, has described a new Colobus monkey species inhabiting high forest canopies in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It is just the fifth new species of African monkey discovered in the past 75 years. The species, Colobus congoensis, is a rare and cryptic monkey largely unknown even among people living within its range. But those who are familiar with the small, black monkeys — an arboreal creature marked by distinctive orange-cream patches around their mouths and noses — call them ‘Likweli,’ which the researchers recommend remain the species’ common name. The identification of Likweli as distinct from other Colobus monkey species is supported by evidence drawn from its physical traits, genetics, and vocalizations…. In the past 75 years, only eight new ape and Old World monkey species from populations previously unknown to science have been discovered. Those include Lesula, a monkey speciesdiscovered in 2012in the Congo Basin. In 2024, scientistsdiscovered over 100 new speciesin the sea east of New Zealand. In 2023, a dogdiscovered a species of molelong thought to be extinct, De Winton’s golden mole. Scientists discoveredremarkably heat-resistant coralsnear off Western Australia in the Houtman Abrolhos archipelago. A thriving deep-sea coral reef was discoveredoff of Argentina. The endangered flat-headed cat wasspotted in Thailandfor the first time in 30 years. Hans BaderHans Baderpractices law in Washington, D. C. After studying economics and history at the University of Virginia and law at Harvard, he practiced civil-rights, international-trade, and constitutional law. He also once worked in the Education Department. Hans writes for CNSNews. com and has appeared on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal. ” Contact him at hfb138@yahoo. comBack to top button