TTMT 058 Allen's Swamp Monkey Traditional Cache
Hidden : 8/25/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

CONTAINER TYPE: Pill Bottle with attached hanger

Welcome to the Team Trunk Monkey Turnpike - "TTMT"
This series of caches runs along this stretch of 4-lane road, which features a wide paved shoulder along it's entire course. These caches will all be on the South / East side of the road. There will be caches of several different sizes and types, and the hiding spots will vary in difficulty and terrain, as the locations allow. As such, several of these caches will have you walking through tall grass & looking through vegetation. During the "tick season" it is highly recommended to use a quality insect repellent, and as always if it is sunny out, use a good sunblock too.

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Allen's Swamp Monkey
Allenopithecus nigroviridis

Suborder Haplorrhini
Infraorder Simiiformes
Superfamily Cercopithecoidea
Family Cercopithecidae
Subfamily Cercopithecinae
Genus Allenopithecus
Species Allenopithecus nigroviridis

Geographic Range
The range of Allenopithecus nigroviridis is from the Upper and Eastern basins of the Congo to Western Zaire (Walker 1975).

Habitat - Studies from the Lomako Forest in Zaire suggest that A. nigroviridis is found only in the swamp forests. This differs from many other cercopithecids in that region, which occupy primary, secondary, and Mbau forests. The species is arboreal and at least semi-terrestrial (McGraw 1994).

Biogeographic Regions - ethiopian (Native )
COUNTRIES IN RANGE - Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo
Terrestrial Biomes - forest ; rainforest
Average mass - 4702.5 g (165.73 oz)
Average number of offspring - 1
Average birth mass - 221 g (7.79 oz)
Average weaning age - 2.5 months

Again little is known about the specific reproductive system of A. nigroviridis. Like other cercopithecids, females generally give birth to one offspring at a time. The young are typically weaned at 2.5 months (Hayssen and Van Tienhoven 1993). The length of estrus and menses is unknown as well as the breeding season. Allenopithecus nigroviridis can live up to 2 decades.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gerr

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