13 Most Captivating African Monkey Species (Epic Road Trip!)

Head to squarespace.com/textbooktravel to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code textbooktravel Africa is arguably home to the most spectacular wildlife on the planet, home to the Big 5 safari animals and many more gigantic creatures. It is because of these impressive animals, however, that some of Africa's most captivating primates fly under the radar. In a previous video, we covered every species of baboon and mandrill, so on this journey, we'll explore the smaller and more numerous species of African monkeys. 00:00 Introduction 00:38 Southern Africa 00:58 Vervet monkey 02:31 East Africa 03:00 Blue monkey 04:07 Zanzibar red colobus 05:45 Central Africa 07:10 Mantled guereza 08:06 L'Hoest's monkey 09:02 Wolf's mona monkey 09:42 De Brazza's monkey 10:32 Talapoins 11:53 West Africa 12:22 Collared mangabey 13:02 Diana monkey 13:52 Western red colobus 14:45 Patas monkey 15:42 North Africa 16:16 Barbary macaque More rabbit holes to dive into! Relatives: https://tbtrvl.com/relatives Parks: https://tbtrvl.com/parks Most Popular: https://tbtrvl.com/popular Newest Videos: https://tbtrvl.com/newest Creative Commons Attribution Maps - Haplochromis, Totodu74, Mysid, Rbrausse, Chermundy & IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, species assessors and the authors of the spatial data https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... All maps are traced from those on Wikipedia and are distributed under the same CC BY-SA 3.0 licence on Wikimedia Commons: https://tbtrvl.com/rangemaps (Please note - I will be uploading all Old World Maps together shortly after the end of this 3-video series) Editorial Attribution Olive Colobus Stamp - Timofeeff / Shutterstock Cercocebus Galeritus Stamp - Vladirina32/Shutterstock Media & Attribution Unless stated above, all still images are used under license from Shutterstock.com. Thank you to everyone who makes their work available for use. Covering all of the wonderful species in these videos would not be possible without your incredible work. Music All of the music used in this video is available at Epidemic Sound. If you need music and would like to support the channel, please find a referral link below. https://tbtrvl.com/epidemicsound Sources & Further Reading Listed below are the sources used to create the video. As with the last 2 videos, the New England Primate Conservancy was an incredible resource while researching these monkeys and contains more information on primate species than any other resource I have been able to find. Well worth checking them out. https://neprimateconservancy.org/ Animal Diversity https://animaldiversity.org/ Wisconsin National Primate Research Center https://primate.wisc.edu/ Encyclopaedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/ IUCN Red List https://www.iucnredlist.org/ Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Wor... Vervet monkey scrotum colour https://www.nationalgeographic.com/an... Blue monkey pelage variation https://www.researchgate.net/publicat... Zanzibar red colobus study https://www.cambridge.org/core/journa... De Brazza's monkey social structure https://twycrosszoo.org/animals/de-br... https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/mapping-... Talapoins https://www.zoobarcelona.cat/en/anima... Western red colobus https://www.gambia.co.uk/blog/the-wes... Barbary macaque https://www.folly-farm.co.uk/zoo/meet... Contiguous U.S. Size https://artsandculture.google.com/ent... About Textbook Travel: Videos Exploring The Animal Kingdom & The Natural World Educational content about the most fascinating elements of our planet and the study surrounding them. Current content includes: Relatives | A series exploring the most fascinating families in the animal kingdom How Animals Work | A series exploring animal behaviour, ecology, biology and more There is currently no upload schedule so please consider turning on all notifications to be notified when a new video is released. Thanks! Subscribe: https://tbtrvl.com/subscribe Website: https://www.textbooktravel.com #textbooktravel #animals #monkeys