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DIANA MONKEY

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 165 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DIANA See also:MONKEY , a See also:West See also:African representative of the See also:guenon monkeys taking its name, Cercopithecus diana, from the presence of a See also:white See also:crescent on the forehead; another characteristic feature being the pointed white See also:beard. The See also:general See also:colour of the See also:fur is greyish, with a deep tinge of See also:chestnut from the See also:middle of the back to the See also:root of the tail. Together with C. neglect us of See also:East and Central See also:Africa, C. ignitus of See also:Liberia, and C. roloway of the See also:Gold See also:Coast, the diana represents the See also:special subgenus of guenons known as Pogonocebus. Although the diana monkey is commonly seen in menageries, little is known of its habits in the See also:wild See also:state.

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