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Classification
Mammal
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Diet
Herbivore
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Lifespan
15–20 years
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Weight
15–20 kg
Population Trend
➡️Stable
Description
The only grazing primate, found only in the Ethiopian Highlands.
Habitat
🌿 alpine grassland🌿 montane meadow
Extended Data
Taxonomy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Primates
Family
Cercopithecidae
Genus
Theropithecus
Fun Facts
1
The only primate that primarily grazes on grass.
2
Have a distinctive hourglass-shaped red patch on their chest.
3
Males have impressive manes resembling a lion's.
4
The most terrestrial primate besides humans and baboons.
5
Live in the largest groups of any non-human primate (up to 800).