De Brazza's Monkey

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Scientific Name: Cercopithecus neglectus

Lifestyle: females may stay with their mothers for their entire lives;

males always leave their mothers when sexually mature

Defense: They often seek protection in trees, and they freeze when afraid

Diet: fruit, leaves and buds, flowers, lizards

Habitat: canopy of forests in Central Africa

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