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guenon monkey - small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face

catarrhine, Old World monkey - of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together

Cercopithecus, genus Cercopithecus - type genus of the Cercopithecidae: guenons

Cercopithecus talapoin, talapoin - smallest guenon monkey; of swampy central and west African forests

Cercopithecus aethiops, grivet - white and olive green East African monkey with long white tufts of hair beside the face

Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus, vervet, vervet monkey - South African monkey with black face and hands

African green monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus, green monkey - common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail

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"The discovery of a tree-dwelling guenon monkey in the Abu Dhabi desert highlights the vast ecological changes that have taken place in the Arabian Peninsula," said Dr Beech, who is also an old resident of Abu Dhabi.

8 million-year-old monkey fossil found in Western Region

Better, perhaps, to have made a break for freedom, although Mona, the Guenon monkey was shot dead in the attempt.

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