By Susan Milius
A species of Tanzanian monkey first identified last year may actually require a separate genus, says an international research team. It would be the first new genus for monkeys in 79 years.
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Last year, the rare, reclusive monkey was classified as a mangabey and named Lophocebus kipunji (SN: 5/21/05, p. 324: New Mammals: Coincidence, shopping yield two species). The two research groups that named it had worked from field observations and photographs but didn’t have a specimen for anatomical and genetic analysis.