the langgliedrigen, langschwänzigen Mangaben look like the sea-cats and also are typical tree-inhabitants.
Shape The Mangaben are heavy, up to 15 kg of reaching animals full of strength and skillfulness. From the 180 cm of total-length, the tail almost or well earns the half. The face-skull moved out to a muzzle forward shows powerful Ãœberaugenwülste, and the eyelids shine in brightly whitish colors from the otherwise dark face.
Social communication The active face-facial expression uses these white eyelids as signal-givers which is quite effective in the jungle-darkness. With some mood-situations of these agile monkeys, also the red tongue-top is included in this Signalgebung as well: it becomes fast before - and withdrawn as well as. moves sideways back and forth. So, feelings are conveyed the too and aversion and moods of most different type in optical way and without many treacherous accompaniments. The voice of the most Mangaben (exception): Mantelmangabe, Cercocebus albigena, is only little intent for lack of strong resonance-appliances namely so that a mainly optical communication is clear. It doesn't surprise that the mutual "Lausen" of the fur (engl) with so socially switched monkeys. = grooming, strongly distinctive is and is looked after extensively.
Coloring The coloring of the Mangaben properly is different according to subtype of the normal dark brownish-yellow. So, the Halsbandmangaben (Cercocebus torquatus) possess a lighter neck-district, the Mantelmangaben (Cercocebus albigena) a long-haired shoulder-coat and the black Schopfmangaben (Cercocebus aterrimus) a dun sideburns and pointed mop of hair on the head.
Habitat The Mangaben live in the moist forests of the estuaries and beach-areas of means-Africa, and even in the dense mangrove-forests one finds its herds. These troops of forays like to execute on neighboring plantations of course why the population didn't think well for them understandably. they prefer the dark forest-parts as well as. low tree-regions.
Endangering All Mangaben are seriously threatened through destruction of its habitat.
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