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The Kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji), also known as the Highland mangabey, is a new species of Old World monkey native in the highland forests of Tanzania. The kipunji has a unique call, described as a "honk-bark", which distinguishes it from its close relatives the Grey-cheeked mangabey (Lophocebus albigena) and the Black crested mangabey (Lophocebus aterrimus), whose calls are described as "whoop-gobbles". Though it was originally thought to be a member of the Lophocebus genus genetic data later placed it as its own separate genus Rungwecebus. The kipunji is the first new monkey genus to be discovered since Allen's swamp monkey in 1923.

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  • The Kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji), also known as the Highland mangabey, is a new species of Old World monkey native in the highland forests of Tanzania. The kipunji has a unique call, described as a "honk-bark", which distinguishes it from its close relatives the Grey-cheeked mangabey (Lophocebus albigena) and the Black crested mangabey (Lophocebus aterrimus), whose calls are described as "whoop-gobbles". Though it was originally thought to be a member of the Lophocebus genus genetic data later placed it as its own separate genus Rungwecebus. The kipunji is the first new monkey genus to be discovered since Allen's swamp monkey in 1923.
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  • Critically Endangered
Name
  • Kipunji
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  • Rungwecebus kipunji
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  • Rungwecebus
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  • Highland Mangabey
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  • highland forests of Tanzania.
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  • The Kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji), also known as the Highland mangabey, is a new species of Old World monkey native in the highland forests of Tanzania. The kipunji has a unique call, described as a "honk-bark", which distinguishes it from its close relatives the Grey-cheeked mangabey (Lophocebus albigena) and the Black crested mangabey (Lophocebus aterrimus), whose calls are described as "whoop-gobbles". Though it was originally thought to be a member of the Lophocebus genus genetic data later placed it as its own separate genus Rungwecebus. The kipunji is the first new monkey genus to be discovered since Allen's swamp monkey in 1923. The kipunji was independently discovered by researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the University of Georgia and Conservation International, in December 2003 and July 2004, making it the first new African monkey species discovered since the Sun-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus solatus) in 1984. Originally assigned to the genus Lophocebus, genetic and morphological tests showed that it is more closely related to the baboons than to the other mangabeys in the genus Lophocebus, and that Lophocebus was diphyletic, meaning that species with differing genealogies have been mistakenly lumped together. Scientists have assigned it to a new genus, Rungwecebus, named after Mount Rungwe, where it is found.
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