The name of the great white-nosed vervet monkey is a monkey with striking and bright white patches on its nose. They are distributed in Africa, Cameroon, Central Africa and other countries. They are a very funny-looking monkey. Let me introduce you to the big white-nosed long-tailed monkey in detail!

I. Basic information

[Chinese name]Great white-nosed long-tailed monkey

[Alias] grey-nosed monkey, big spot Monkey, Great White Monkey, Spotted Monkey

【Latin name】Cercopithecus nictitans

【Kingdom】Animal Kingdom

【Door】Chordates

【Subphylum】Vertebrate subphylum

【Class】Mammalia

【Subclass】Anima

【Order】Primate

[Suborder] Genus

[Family] Monkey family

[Subfamily] Macaque subfamily

[Genus] Long-tailed Monkey genus

[Species] Great white-nosed vervet monkey

II. Morphological characteristics

The great white-nosed vervet monkey is a species of Larger monkeys have a head length of 43-70 cm, and males have higher body weight and head length than females. They have a striking and bright white patch on their nose. Their coat is generally black, changing in color from olive to dark gray, with white tips.

III. Living habits

Like most primates, great white-nosed vervet monkeys have complex auditory, olfactory, visual and tactile systems . Male proboscis monkeys make loud, low-frequency intensive calls to declare territory and as a warning to predators.

IV. Population Status

The distribution range of the great white-nosed vervet monkeys is wide, and they are not close to the critical value standard of fragile and endangered species survival. The trend of their ethnic numbers Stable, so it is rated as a species with no existential crisis.

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