New monkey species with orange lips found 'hiding' in DR Congo forest
Image source, Junior AmbokoImage caption, The monkey, known locally as 'Likweli', has distinctive pinkish-orange lipsByVictoria GillScience correspondent A monkey that has striking pinkish-orange lips and a black face - and lives in the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo - has been confirmed as a new species to science.
Koko recorded the distinctive, resonant roar of the newly discovered Colobus congoensis monkey in the Lomami National Park, DRC"Discovering" a species, in this context, means officially recording and confirming it has evolved to be genetically distinct.
This is only the fifth African monkey species to be discovered in the last 75 years.
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