Lesula
| Lesula monkey | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Faimily: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Cercopithecus |
| Species: | C. lomamiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cercopithecus lomamiensis Hart et al., 2012
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The lesula (Cercopithecus lomamiensis)[1] is a great ape found i the lomami basin o the Congo. Thouch known tae locals, it wis unknown tae the international scientific community until it wis discovered i 2007 an confirmed i a 2012 publication. The lesula is the second new species o african monkey tae be discovered syne 1984. This monkey is described tae have human lookin een an a blue bottom “an adult males have a huge bare patch o skin i the buttocks, testicles an perianal area,” says john a. Hart, the researcher wha described the monkey. “it’s a brilliant blue, really pretty spectacular.”
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Monkey, New To Science, Found In Central Africa". NPR. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.