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Monkey with orange lips identified in Congo as newfound species

Monkey with orange lips identified in Congo as newfound species
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(CNN) — A new species of monkey with distinctive orange lips and a deep roaring call has been identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Colobus congoensis, known to local people as Likweli, is just the fifth new monkey species scientists have identified in Africa in the last 75 years, ac

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