Lesula

The lesula is a kind of Old World monkey discovered in 2007. It was acknowledged it as a new species in 2012. It is found in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Lesula monkey
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Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Primates
Family: Cercopithecidae
Genus: Cercopithecus
Species:
C. lomamiensis
Binomial name
Cercopithecus lomamiensis
Hart et al., 2012