
ANI099-00045
Crested mona monkey (Cercopithecus pogonias nigripes) named Amber at Park Assango, run by ONG Animal’s World in Libreville, Gabon. The 10-month-old female’s mother was killed by hunters. She was offered as a gift when she was still a baby to people who didn’t know how to properly care for her. She was brought at the center and as been socialized with Red-capped mangabeys as she’s the only one of her kind kept at the refuge.
Keywords
- animals
- black background
- captivity
- Cercopithecus pogonias nigripes
- Close-up
- crested mona monkey
- full length
- Gabon
- Libreville
- mammal
- monkey
- one animal
- ONG Animal's World
- Photo Ark
- primate
- side view
- studio shot
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This photo is part of the Photo Ark.