New monkey species with orange lips found ‘hiding’ in DRC forest

After another sighting 10 years later, an international team set out to find and study the monkey and revealed that it was a previously unknown species.

The research team - from DRC, the US and Germany - gave the animal the Latin name Colobus congoensis in recognition of the natural diversity in the country.

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.