Meet Likweli – the newly named monkey that hints at Congo’s hidden secrets

Colobus congensis, known locally as 'likweli', has a dramatic black face with pinkish-orange lips. Junior Amboko, CC BY-NC Hearing that a new primate species has been named is exciting news for scientists because primates across the world are in decline. According to the IUCN Red list, a global inventory of animal extinction risk, 44.4% of primate species are classed as endangered or critically endangered (versus 13.2% of all mammals). In most cases when the number of primate species…