L’Hoest’s monkeys
L'Hoest's monkey also known as the mountain monkey, is a guenon (are Old World monkeys of the genus Cercopithecus) found in the upper eastern Congo basin.
They mostly live in mountainous forest areas in small, female-dominated groups.
They have a dark coat and can be distinguished by a characteristic white beard.
L'Hoest's monkey occurs in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, and western Uganda
L’Hoest’s monkeys
IUCN status : Vulnerable
It is listed on Appendix II of the CITES
Indira Gandhi Zoological Park
Indira Gandhi Zoological Park is located amidst Kambalakonda Reserve Forest in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
It is the third largest zoo in the country.
It was declared open to the public on 19 May 1977.
It is surrounded by the Eastern Ghats on three sides and Bay of Bengal on the fourth side.
Nearly eighty species of animals numbering to about eight hundred are present in the zoo.
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