| Lowe's mona monkey[1] | |
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| Lowe's mona monkey in Mole Game Reserve, Ghana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Family: | Cercopithecidae |
| Genus: | Cercopithecus |
| Species: | C. lowei
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| Binomial name | |
| Cercopithecus lowei Thomas, 1923
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Lowe's mona monkey (Cercopithecus lowei) is an Old World monkey in the family Cercopithecidae found from the Ivory Coast to Ghana.[1] It was previously classified as a subspecies of Campbell's mona monkey C. campbelli.[1] The species is named after the naturalist collector Willoughby Prescott Lowe.
Predation
Predators of Lowe’s mona monkeys in Ivory Coast include Egyptian cobras.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Wiafe, E.; Oates, J.F.; Gonedelé Bi, S.; Koné, I.; Matsuda Goodwin, R.; Osei, D. (2019). "Cercopithecus lowei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136931A92373680. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136931A92373680.en.
- ^ D. L. Hart (May 2000). Primates as prey: ecological, morphological and behavioral relationships between primate species and their predators. Washington University Department of Anthropology.
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