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==Ecology== ===Habitat=== The blue monkey is found in [[evergreen]] forests and montane [[bamboo]] forests, and lives largely in the forest canopy, coming to the ground infrequently. It is very dependent on humid, shady areas with plenty of water. It eats mainly [[fruit]] and leaves, but will take some slower-moving invertebrates. It prefers to live in tall trees, which provide both food and shelter, and is, therefore, like almost all guenons, suffering from the loss of its natural habitat. Where pine plantations replace natural forest, the monkey may be treated as a threat by foresters, since it sometimes strips bark from exotic trees in a search for food or moisture.<ref name="MonkeyWorlds">{{Cite web|title=Blue Monkey β Monkey Facts and Information|url=https://www.monkeyworlds.com/blue-monkey/|last=MonkeyWorlds|date=23 January 2014 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref> It is also hunted for bushmeat and as payback for crop-raiding.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Basabose |first=Augustin |date=2024 |title=Confirmed Presence of a Small, Isolated Population of Cercopithecus mitis on Idjwi Island, Democratic Republic of Congo |url=http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/1200343/28660132/1722706155197/AP+Vol+18+1+Basabose+et+al.pdf?token=3hCGgm5Cx7kd5mPwcvuA4pur%2Fio%3D |journal=African Primates |volume=18 |issue=1}}</ref> ===Diet=== Blue monkeys eat fruits, figs, insects, leaves, twigs, and flowers.<ref>"Blue Monkey (''Cercopithecus mitis'')." N.p., n.d. Web. 27. Apr. 2016.</ref> "They are primarily frugivores, with 50% of their diet consisting of fruit, with leaves or insects as their main source of protein, with the rest of the diet being made up of seeds, flowers, and fungi. They rarely eat vertebrates. They eat a variety of plants, but concentrate on a few species, which means their population density is generally dependent on plant species' richness and diversity".<ref>(Samango Monkey Working Group).</ref>
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