- Where to see one
- 4 U.S. zoos in our directory hold diana monkey, confirmed against each zoo's own animal list.
Conservation status
Not Evaluated
This species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List, so it sits outside the threat scale entirely.
About the diana monkey
The Diana monkey is an Old World monkey of the high canopy forests of West Africa, from Sierra Leone to western Côte d'Ivoire. It is black or dark grey with a white throat, beard, ruff and a crescent-shaped white browband said to resemble the bow of the Roman goddess Diana, plus chestnut on the lower back and thighs. Active by day, it feeds at all levels of the canopy on fruit, blossoms, leaves and occasional insects, and rarely goes to the ground. Groups consist of one male with several females and their young. It is a noisy forest resident, and females use distinct alarm calls for different predators, which other forest species learn to recognize.
Diana Monkey facts
- The white browband was said to resemble the crescent on the brow of the Roman goddess Diana.
- Females give different alarm calls depending on the specific predator nearby.
- Other forest species, including the yellow-casqued hornbill, can understand its alarm calls.
- It does not make nests, sleeping on branches high in the trees.
Where to see diana monkey in the U.S.
4 zoos across 4 states
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Illinois· 1
Indiana· 1
Oklahoma· 1
Virginia· 1
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