Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey
Cercopithecus petaurista
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 77
- Most observed in
- 🇬🇭 Ghana
- Conservation
- Near Threatened
Description
The lesser spot-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus petaurista), also known as the lesser spot-nosed guenon, lesser white-nosed guenon, or lesser white-nosed monkey, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo, Guinea-Bissau, and possibly Senegal.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Lesser spot-nosed monkey”.