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Dangers Of Cercopithecines

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Cercopithecines eat almost anything in there diet, including fruits, seeds, leaves, grasses, roots, nuts, insects, birds’ eggs, amphibians, small reptiles, and occasionally small mammals.7 They use their cheek pouches between the jaw and cheek for temporary food storage.5 The red tailed monkey can live in groups of up to 50 and when the space begins to become overcrowded due to the limited food availability the troop will split into smaller groups.6 Predation dangers can come from chimpanzees, leopards, snakes, or birds of prey.7 Guenons use alarm calls to warn others of predator detection by “sneezing”.7 The sneeze warns and tells others to observe their surroundings for threats.7In polygynous mating systems male contest competition over

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