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Schmidt’s Guenon

Cercopithecus ascanius schmiditi

Range

East Central Africa, which includes: Central African Republic, Kenya, Angola, Zambia, and Uganda.

Habitat

Jungles, middle canopy, tropical rainforests and deciduous forests, swamp forests, secondary forests, and woodlands. Usually near rivers and streams.

Distinguishing Characteristics

Primarily arboreal and characterized by their roundish head, slender body, long hind limbs, and long tail. They possess cheek pouches that they can fill quickly while foraging and then retire to a safe place to consume the food.

Dietary Classification

Diet in the Zoo: Commercially produced primate biscuits, fruit, and veggies.

Diet in the Wild: Fruits and their seeds, leaves, grains, roots, and occasionally young birds, bird eggs, small reptiles and insects.

Life Span

up to 22 years

Behavior/Adaptations

* Guenons make over 22 distinct vocalizations, including alarm calls, chirps, loud sneezing sounds and low croaking noises. The low- and high-pitched sounds are for maintaining group cohesion, whistles and chirps for warning, and loud whoops and booms by adult males.

Status

Threatened, due in part to deforestation.

Classification

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family	Genus	Species
Animalia	Chordata	Mammalia	Primates	Cercopithecidae	Cercopithecus	ascanius