Name:Cercocebus agilis
Alias:Cercocebus agilis,Agile mangabey,White-browed monkey
Outline:Primates
Family:Cercopithecidae Hoolock
length:44-65cm
Weight:5-13kg
Life:About 20 years
IUCN:LC
Agile mangabey (scientific name: Cercocebus agilis) is also known as Agile mangabey in English. There is no subspecies.
Agile mangabey lives in small groups of about 8-22 individuals, usually led by an adult male. The diet is diverse, including fruits, sprouts, seeds, young leaves, mushrooms and insects, and sometimes bird eggs and small vertebrates. Adult males have even been occasionally recorded killing and eating small antelopes. They have flexible large incisors and a strong jaw, which enables them to crack the shells of nuts and pods, which is not possible in other monkeys. They have large cheek pouches to facilitate the collection of food for later consumption.
The Ajili white-browed monkey can breed all year round, and the female's gestation period is about 6 months, with one baby born per litter. Like other white-browed monkeys, the female Ajili white-browed monkey will swell her genitals during the estrus period as a visual signal to announce that she is ready and can mate.
Listed in the 2008 Red List of Endangered Species of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) ver 3.1 - Least Concern (LC).
Listed in the CITES Appendix I and II of the Washington Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
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