A New Kind of Monkey, With Colors That Set It Apart

            This article is about the newly discovered monkey called the Cercopithecus lomamiensi, or lesula. The lesula is an African Monkey with multi-colored hair. The chin is blonde, limbs black, and reddish colored back. The researchers found that the lesula lives in the central Democratic Republic of Congo. The first lesula discovered was a pet of a school girl. Researchers at first thought it was an Owl Faced monkey but became suspicious that this may be a new species because of the different colors. It has been confirmed that this monkey is distinct from other species after tissue samples were analyzed. Researchers feel the lesula could become endangered due to uncontrolled bush meat hunting.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/18/science/a-new-kind-of-monkey-with-colors-that-set-it-apart.html?ref=science&_r=0moc.semityn.www

http://www.arkive.org/owl-faced-guenon/cercopithecus-hamlyni/