Wolf's Monkey

Wolf’s Monkeys are medium-sized, colorful monkeys from the African rainforests of Uganda and the Congo.  They are probably best known for their beautiful colors and their highly vocal nature.  Wolf’s monkeys have a variety of calls that they use to: keep the troop together, warn troop members of predators and even announce the presence and type of food.  The monkey’s calls can travel great distances through the rainforests through the aid of air sacs which amplify or increase the sound.

Physical Description

Wolf’s Monkeys are among the world’s most colorful primates.  Although these monkeys show color variation, they typically have a dark gray back with white and yellow on their belly, black arms, reddish brown legs and bluish black faces with yellowish ear tufts.  They can reach just over 4 feet in length, with more than half of this being their tail.  They typically weigh between 6 to 9 pounds, with the boys being heavier than the girls.

Family Life

Wolf’s monkey moms normally give birth to 1 offspring at a time, sometimes they have twins.  These monkeys live in extended family groups called troops.  The average troop numbers about 12 monkeys.  As the male monkeys grow older, they leave their “childhood” troops to form their own troops.

Diet

Fruit, insects, leaves, flowers and nectar