150 years after being discovered, African monkey with handlebar moustache becomes its own species

Mongabay
Mar 16, 2018, 10:54 am154 pts
An African monkey first described to science more than 150 years ago has now been elevated to full species status. The Blue Nile patas monkey is found in the Blue Nile basin of Ethiopia as well as in eastern Sudan. Its range is geographically distinct from that of other patas monkeys, as Sudan’s Sudd swamp…

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