Red-capped Mangabey Cercocebus torquatus

The collared mangabey is found in coastal, swamp, mangrove, and valley forests, from western Nigeria, into Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. The collared mangabey lives in large groups of 10 to 35 individuals including several males. Vocal communication in the form of cackles and barks are used to keep the group in contact and signal their position to other groups. It has a diet of fruits and seeds, but also eats leaves, foliage, flowers, invertebrates, mushrooms, dung, and gum.

Collared mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus)

Above is a video where zookeepers describe caring for mixed species and mixed ages at Chester Zoo.

Below, at the 2 minute mark you can see how the mangabeys get special entrances that require brachiation- which gorillas can't utilize. So the magabeyes can decide to leave the mixed group. If the gorillas were to get too rough with the baby, mom would have taken baby out of there.

Much time and effort is spent making sure all animals are safe so multiple exits, large space, different lifestyles (like arboreal species and ground dwelling species- they can each retreat to "their own" space) and much more comes into account when planning a mixed-species enclosure.

Primate moms will be protective of her young and would closely monitor her baby with others until she knows they are safe together. Like the mom orangutan and teenage gibbon in the top video.

So - um - guess who got into that one LEGO show! Anyhoo- It inspired me to bring back pretty much all of my primate OCs from like - 2-3 years ago. Plus, being inspired by this person’s art - I decided to create two more OCs based on my research(?) on other c.primates that were mentioned in the book.

I forgot her name - heck - I’m not even sure if I named her anymore, but before C.Primate No.3, the mangabey has always had a special place in my forever expanding heart lol

Alt design for my boi - because yes.

The first - if not only doodles of some of the OCs.

Not counting Zahara though, considering a drew her pretty often - just as a human like - 98% of the time-

Collared mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus)

Mangabey - GUFM (Folamour Remix) 

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