Cercopithecus mona
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English: Mona monkey
German: Mona-meerkatze
French: Cercopitheque mone
Spanish: Mona
Distribution areas
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The mona monkey lives in the territories
of West Africa.
Description of the fur
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The skins are from 45 to 65 cm long. The
hair coat is black and dark-brown on the The surface structure
head and back, under the neck and on the of the skin, 1000x
inside parts of the legs it is white in
colour. The hair shafts are straight and from 30 to 50 mm long; no distinctive
underfur layer is visible.
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Cercopithecus mona
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English: Mona monkey
German: Mona-meerkatze
French: Cercopitheque mone
Spanish: Mona
Structure of the hair
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The microscopic structure of the skin
surface is furrowed, with narrow,
raised-edged hair follicles. The average
follicle contains only one hair shaft.
The fine fur fibres are circular in
cross-section, with a diameter of 20 to 35 Longitudinal section
µm. The cuticular scales are cornet-like, of an intermediate fibre, 1000x
or even, tile-like with a smooth surface
and straight scale margins. These fibres are
non-medullated.
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Cercopithecus mona
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English: Mona monkey
German: Mona-meerkatze
French: Cercopitheque mone
Spanish: Mona
The intermediate fibres are elliptical,
or may also be circular in cross-sectional
outline, with a diameter of 35 to 45 µm.
The cuticular scales are rounded, tile-like
with a smooth surface and straight margins.
The intermediate fibres are non-medullated.
The guard hairs are elliptical or
circular in cross-section. The diameter The cuticular structure
measures from 40 to 65 µm. The cuticular of the fine fibres, 1000x
scales are of the rounded, or both the
rounded and the even, tile-like type with a smooth scale surface and straight
scale margins. The guard hairs are non-medullated.
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Cercopithecus mona
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English: Mona monkey
German: Mona-meerkatze
French: Cercopitheque mone
Spanish: Mona
Longitudinal section
of a guard hair, 1000x
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Cercopithecus mona
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English: Mona monkey
German: Mona-meerkatze
French: Cercopitheque mone
Spanish: Mona
The cuticular structure
of a guard hair, 1000x
Numerical code for mona monkey skin structure
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Surface of the skin: 3-5-1
Fine fur fibres: 1-5.2-1-1-4-0-0-0-0-20.35-18.31
Intermediate fibres: 2.1-3-1-1-4-0-0-0-0-34.45-30.45
Guard hairs: 2.1-3.2-1-1-4-0-0-0-0-40.65-40.51
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