mangabey
noun
man·ga·bey
ˈmaŋ-gə-(ˌ)bē 
plural mangabeys
: any of a genus (Cercocebus) of slender long-tailed African monkeys
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Spend your days learning about wild orchids, spotting silver monkeys and gray-cheeked mangabey, and marveling at some of the 345 bird species inside the park—30 of which are Albertine Rift endemics.
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Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2023
Chimpanzees are more like humans than mangabeys and have a shallow ball-and-socket shoulder that allows for a greater range of movement.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Sep. 2023
The angles at which the mangabeys positioned their shoulders and elbows were only about four degrees or less when ascending a tree versus downclimbing.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Sep. 2023
One newborn mangabey, for example, the only baby in its group at the time, earned about 10 minutes of fur cleaning and combing for its mom.
—Jennifer Welsh, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2010
Only twice, though, has anyone found active virus in wild animals: a rope squirrel from the Democratic Republic of Congo in the 1980s, and a sooty mangabey, found in Côte d’Ivoire about a decade ago.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 21 June 2022
The birth of this little adventurer brings the London Zoo’s white-naped mangabey troop to a total of eight.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 29 Aug. 2019
Over the past few weeks, Buzz the mangabey has stayed close to mom, leaving her to learn how to forage and nurse at the same time.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 29 Aug. 2019
To visit Buzz no trips to the moon are needed, the little white-naped mangabey is already on exhibit at the London Zoo.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 29 Aug. 2019
Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2023
Chimpanzees are more like humans than mangabeys and have a shallow ball-and-socket shoulder that allows for a greater range of movement.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Sep. 2023
The angles at which the mangabeys positioned their shoulders and elbows were only about four degrees or less when ascending a tree versus downclimbing.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Sep. 2023
One newborn mangabey, for example, the only baby in its group at the time, earned about 10 minutes of fur cleaning and combing for its mom.
—Jennifer Welsh, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2010
Only twice, though, has anyone found active virus in wild animals: a rope squirrel from the Democratic Republic of Congo in the 1980s, and a sooty mangabey, found in Côte d’Ivoire about a decade ago.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 21 June 2022
The birth of this little adventurer brings the London Zoo’s white-naped mangabey troop to a total of eight.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 29 Aug. 2019
Over the past few weeks, Buzz the mangabey has stayed close to mom, leaving her to learn how to forage and nurse at the same time.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 29 Aug. 2019
To visit Buzz no trips to the moon are needed, the little white-naped mangabey is already on exhibit at the London Zoo.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 29 Aug. 2019
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