Lesula (Cercopithecus lomamiensis) is the world’s newest species of monkey. Hailing from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesula is only the second new monkey species discovered in Africa over ...

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, September 12, 2012 (ENS) – Scientists have discovered a new species of monkey in a remote forested part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, only the second new ...

Scientists have identified a new species of African monkey with distinct coloring that differentiates it from other species. The new primate species now scientifically named Cercopithecus lomamiensis ...

A lesula monkey (Cercopithecus lomamiensis) and (right) an owl faced monkey (Cercopithecus hamlyni) Credit: Photo: Hart JA, Detwiler KM, Gilbert CC, Burrell AS, Fuller JL/PA The species, known locally ...

THIS PHOTOGRAPH of the newly identified species of monkey Cercopithecus lomamiensis – thank God science still keeps the Latin language alive in its rules of nomenclature, although if you prefer the ...

A team of scientists has identified a new species of monkey in central Africa that had been known to the locals simply as lesula, a medium-sized, slender animal that looks similar to an owl-faced ...