About Cercopithecus cephus (Linnaeus, 1758)
The moustached guenon, also called the moustached monkey, with the scientific name Cercopithecus cephus, is a primate species belonging to the family Cercopithecidae. It is distributed across Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. This is a medium-sized, arboreal, omnivorous mammal. The IUCN notes that moustached guenon populations are considered large, and as a result, this species is widely used in biological laboratories. Cercopithecus cephus typically inhabits undisturbed forests. Because they are arboreal, they are not easily captured or recorded by ground-level cameras. These monkeys are diurnal, and they share vertical habitat space with other species. They are naturally capable of jumping between tropical trees, with jumps reaching up to 20 meters from one tree to another. They are especially widespread in Gabon and Northern Congo. Their core range extends from the south and east side of the Sanaga River all the way to the Ubangi watersheds. This range is mostly covered by lowland tropical rainforests, but Cercopithecus cephus also occupies gallery forests, flooded forests, and mangrove forests.
