The sooty mangabey[1], also called the white-collared or white-crowned mangabey is a predominantly terrestrial Old-World monkey.
- They are endemic to Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Liberia, and Ivory Coast. Due to habitat loss, these primates are eradicated from their ranges.
- They are mostly considered extinct in Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, and parts of Guinea. Imagine the soot that envelopes you after cleaning a fireplace or the ashes left in your fireplace when you go camping; this is the color of sooty mangabeys.
- These animals are covered in dark ash gray fur; the underside fur is lighter, smoky gray. However, their hands, feet, and ears are dark gray or black.
- The Soot Mangabey’s hairless facial skin is salmon pink or mottled gray, and its long snout is dark.
- Light-colored whiskers extend from the monkey’s cheeks, contrasting the dark fur that frames the face.
- Pale white eyelids suggest an expression of surprise. Sooty mangabeys use their glowing eyelids by raising and lowering them to communicate with others.
