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New species of African monkey discovered

Scientific American - Posted: September 15th, 2012, 12:48pm EDT

p class=wp-caption-textAdult male Cercopithecus lomamiensis. Credit: John Hart/p pMeet Cercopithecus lomamiensis , a newly discovered species of African monkey found in the central Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Together with the #8216;honk barking#8217; Highland mangabeys ( Lophocebus kipunji ) of Tanzania, C. lomamiensis is only the second new species of monkey discovered in Africa in the past 28 years./p a href=http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=new-species-of-african-monkey-discovered[More]/a

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