| skeletal morphology of the lesula (cercopithecus lomamiensis) and the evolution of guenon locomotor behavior. | the guenons (tribe cercopithecini) are a diverse and primarily arboreal radiation of old world monkeys from africa. however, preliminary behavioral observations of the lesula (cercopithecus lomamiensis), a little-known guenon species described in 2012, report it spending substantial amounts of time on the ground. new specimens allow us to present the first description of lesula postcranial morphology and apply a comparative functional morphology approach to supplement our knowledge of its locomo ... | 2020 | 32124976 |
| lesula: a new species of cercopithecus monkey endemic to the democratic republic of congo and implications for conservation of congo's central basin. | in june 2007, a previously undescribed monkey known locally as "lesula" was found in the forests of the middle lomami basin in central democratic republic of congo (drc). we describe this new species as cercopithecus lomamiensis sp. nov., and provide data on its distribution, morphology, genetics, ecology and behavior. c. lomamiensis is restricted to the lowland rain forests of central drc between the middle lomami and the upper tshuapa rivers. morphological and molecular data confirm that c. lo ... | 2012 | 22984482 |