New colobus monkey, ‘Likweli’, confirmed in DRC

Mongabay
Jul 15, 2026, 3:16 pm52 ptsTrending
In 2008, wildlife researchers surveying a massive, underexplored forested region in the Democratic Republic of Congo photographed a black monkey. That region eventually became Lomami National Park. And now, nearly 20 years later, the team has confirmed in a study that the black primate is a new-to-science…

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