There are about 20 species of guenons, and they are all found in Africa.

Subspecies
C.a.ascanius, C.a.katangae, C.a.whitesidei, C.a.atrinasus, C.a.schmidti

Life span
22 years.

Statistics
Head and body length: Female: 32-46cm, Male: 40-63cm. Tail length: Female: 53-78cm, Male: 62-89. Weight: Female: 3kg, Male 3-4kg.

Physical description
Red-tailed guenons have speckled yellow-brown fur, with pale under-parts. They have a black face with blue fur around the eyes and white cheeks. Depending on the subspecies, their nose colour varies from white, yellow or black.

Distribution
Red-tailed guenons range across Uganda, DRC (Zaire), Kenya, Zambia, Angola and Central African Republic.

Habitat
They inhabit lowland rain forest, gallery, swamp, acacia woodland and mountain forest.

Diet
Red-tailed guenons mainly feed on fruit, but they also eat leaves and animal prey.

Behaviour
These monkeys live in groups of 7-35, typically with one male and numerous females. The females remain in the same territory for life, but the females tend to migrate. They are diurnal and arboreal and travel quadrupedally through the forest.

Reproduction
Red-tailed guenons give birth to one infant, usually from April to November.

Conservation status
This species is not on the IUCN Red List of threatened species.