A staff of the University of Ilorin, Health Services, Mr Malik Raufu, has donated a live adult male Patas Monkey to the university zoo.
The school authorities made this known in a memo sent to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem by an Environmental Toxicologist, Prof. Sulaiman Ambali and made available to newsmen in Ilorin on Monday.
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The authorities said that the animal was presented to the zoo on Feb. 2, saying that the management of the zoo had since appreciated the kind gesture with a letter of appreciation to the donor.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Patas Monkey, also known as the Wadi Monkey or Hussar Monkey, is a ground-dwelling monkey distributed over semi-arid areas of West Africa and East Africa.
NAN reports that it is the only specie classified in the genus Erythrocebus.
Patas Monkey is a large sized specie of old world Monkey, found inhabiting in the open grasslands of Central Africa.
