13 Most Captivating African Monkey Species (Epic Road Trip!)

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Africa is arguably home to the most spectacular wildlife on the planet, home to the Big 5 safari animals and many more gigantic creatures. It is because of these impressive animals, however, that some of Africa's most captivating primates fly under the radar. In a previous video, we covered every species of baboon and mandrill, so on this journey, we'll explore the smaller and more numerous species of African monkeys.

00:00 Introduction
00:38 Southern Africa
00:58 Vervet monkey
02:31 East Africa
03:00 Blue monkey
04:07 Zanzibar red colobus
05:45 Central Africa
07:10 Mantled guereza
08:06 L'Hoest's monkey
09:02 Wolf's mona monkey
09:42 De Brazza's monkey
10:32 Talapoins
11:53 West Africa
12:22 Collared mangabey
13:02 Diana monkey
13:52 Western red colobus
14:45 Patas monkey
15:42 North Africa
16:16 Barbary macaque

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Maps - Haplochromis, Totodu74, Mysid, Rbrausse, Chermundy & IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, species assessors and the authors of the spatial data
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Editorial Attribution
Olive Colobus Stamp - Timofeeff / Shutterstock
Cercocebus Galeritus Stamp - Vladirina32/Shutterstock

Media & Attribution
Unless stated above, all still images are used under license from Shutterstock.com. Thank you to everyone who makes their work available for use. Covering all of the wonderful species in these videos would not be possible without your incredible work.

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Sources & Further Reading
Listed below are the sources used to create the video.

As with the last 2 videos, the New England Primate Conservancy was an incredible resource while researching these monkeys and contains more information on primate species than any other resource I have been able to find. Well worth checking them out.
https://neprimateconservancy.org/
Animal Diversity
https://animaldiversity.org/
Wisconsin National Primate Research Center
https://primate.wisc.edu/
Encyclopaedia Britannica
https://www.britannica.com/
IUCN Red List
https://www.iucnredlist.org/
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Wor...

Vervet monkey scrotum colour
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/an...
Blue monkey pelage variation
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
Zanzibar red colobus study
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa...
De Brazza's monkey social structure
https://twycrosszoo.org/animals/de-br...
https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/mapping-...
Talapoins
https://www.zoobarcelona.cat/en/anima...
Western red colobus
https://www.gambia.co.uk/blog/the-wes...
Barbary macaque
https://www.folly-farm.co.uk/zoo/meet...
Contiguous U.S. Size
https://artsandculture.google.com/ent...

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