: any of various long-tailed chiefly arboreal African monkeys (especially genus Cercopithecus)
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Bouquets went out to the parrots, Dahlia, Serai, the giraffes, and a Wolf’s guenon monkey and mother of five named Mimi who also received a grooming from her son, Vinnie.
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Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 11 May 2025
By peeping into the DNA from the faeces of 144 guenon monkeys from the site, researchers found evidence of ongoing mating between two genetically distinct groups.
—Saqib Shah, Fox News, 25 Apr. 2018
Detwiler collected 230 faeces samples from the guenons, storing them in a special freezer.
—Saqib Shah, Fox News, 25 Apr. 2018
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Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 11 May 2025
By peeping into the DNA from the faeces of 144 guenon monkeys from the site, researchers found evidence of ongoing mating between two genetically distinct groups.
—Saqib Shah, Fox News, 25 Apr. 2018
Detwiler collected 230 faeces samples from the guenons, storing them in a special freezer.
—Saqib Shah, Fox News, 25 Apr. 2018
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“Guenon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guenon. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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