mangabey

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English

A golden-bellied mangabey, Cercocebus chrysogaster

Etymology

So called by Buffon from Mangaby, in Madagascar, where he erroneously supposed them to be native.

Noun

mangabey (plural mangabeys)

  1. Any of several large, arboreal monkeys in the genera Cercocebus, Lophocebus and Rungwecebus of the family Cercopithecidae.

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