The Greater Spot-nosed Monkey or Putty-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus nictitans) is one of the smallest Old World monkeys. It is a guenon of the C. mitis group, native to West Africa and living to some extent in rain forests but more often in the transition zone between rain forest and savannah. They are primarily arboreal and often associate with monkeys of other species (Eckhardt & Zuberbühler, 2004). Both their common names come from the monkeys' prominent white...
