Diana Monkey Cercopithecus diana

Diana Monkey
Diana Monkey
The Diana Monkey is said to be named after the bow-shaped white brow resembling the bow of Diana, the goddess of hunting. They are native to West Africa (Sierra Leone to Ghana).
Diana Monkey
Diana Monkey
Living in groups of mainly females and young with a dominant male, they have distinctive calls for different predators/dangers, understood by some other animals including birds.
Diana Monkey
Diana Monkey
Diana Monkey
Eating mainly fruit, seeds and vegetation, they can hold a stomach load of food in their cheek pouches.
Diana Monkey
Diana Monkey
Diana Monkey
Not just black and white, but grey and red. They are hunted by leopards, eagles, chimpanzees and man.