Moustached Guenon

• Common Name: Moustached Guenon
• Taxonomy Classification Year: 1758
• Monkey Size: 52 to 52 cm (20.47 to 20.47 in)
• Skin Color(s): Blackish-brown
• Habitat: Rainforest
• Diet: Herbivorous
• Native Countries: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon

The mustached monkey^[1] or moustached guenon (Cercopithecus cephus) is a primate species in the Cercopithecidae family.

• It has a colorful blue-to-purple face with a bluish-white crescent-shaped stripe below the bare nose.
• Underneath this “mustache” are black hairs at the edge of the upper lip and bushy bright yellow sideburns on either side of the face.
• The ears are black, and the rest of the head is covered with black-brown hair.
• This black-brown hair extends dorsally and laterally, and the ventral region has ash-gray hair.
• The tail, longer than the rest of the body, is non-prehensile and draped in copper-red fur.

The Moustached Guenon feeds on these plant sources^[¶]:

• African Nutmeg (Pycnanthus angolensis).
• Butter Tree (Pentadesma butyracea).
• Boleko Nut (Ongokea gore).
• African Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis).
• African Teak (Milicia excelsa).
• African Mammee-Apple (Mammea africana).
• Umbrella Tree (Musanga cecropioides).
• Boarwood (Symphonia globulifera)
• Treebind (Cissus)
• Trichilia (Trichilia)
• Moambé Jaune (Annickia chlorantha).
• Tallow Tree (Allanblackia floribunda).
• Emien (Alstonia boonei)
• Olon Tendre (Zanthoxylum heitzii).
• Fig (Ficus)
• Rattan Palm (Eremospatha macrocarpa).
• Velvet Tamarind (Dialium guineense).
• Umbrella-Tree (Maesopsis)
• Tropical Almond (Terminalia)
• Aframomum (Aframomum)
• Djave (Baillonella toxisperma)
• Inoi Nut (Poga oleosa).
• Red-Fruited Stinkwood (Celtis mildbraedii).
• Raffia Palm (Raphia)
• Tail Grape (Artabotrys)
• Leaf Flower (Phyllanthus)
• Animal (Animalia)
• Callingcard Vine (Entada)

In the wild, the primary predators of Moustached guenons are Leopards (Panthera pardus)^[§]

• Moustached monkeys take regular paths through the branches, with each monkey following the next along the same path.
• Their sure-footedness through arboreal habitats in rapid flight makes them remarkable tree-to-tree jumpers.
• If the females in a group are unhappy with a male or female intrusion, they will defend the group and chase the lone intruder away.
• The moustached monkey uses a soft trill that oscillates in a descending pitch.
• They use gazing as a threat display. In this case, a monkey fixes its gaze on another individual with eyebrows raised, scalp pulled back, and facial skin pulled back.