Colobus is a genus of endangered African monkeys whose members are remarkable for their silky hair and tufted tails. Colobus monkeys live in the rain forests of Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana in west Africa. Research Colobus
The Diana Monkey (Cercopithecusdiana) is an endangered species of monkey of the family Cercopithecidae found in the middle layer of tropical rain forests of Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana. The Diana Monkey is predominantly black with a white crescent on the forehead resembling the symbol of the goddess Diana and whence the name Diana monkey, white beard, chest, and throat; a white stripe along each thigh; and a deep reddish patch on the back. It is whitish, yellowish, or reddish on the inside of the thighs. The Diana Monkey is fast reducing in numbers due to the logging of the forests and the replanting of them with non-native species of trees. Research Diana Monkey
The Guinean N'Dama (also known as the Fouta Djallon, Fouta Jallon, Fouta Malinke, Fouta Longhorn, Futa and Malinke) is a dwarf to miniature breed of dairy and beef cattle spread over most of Guinea, over south- western Mali, Kedougou and south SenegalOriental, Senegal. It is also found in SierraLeone - representing the only indigenous breed, across northern Liberia, and in the north-west corner of Ivory Coast.
N'Dama cows weigh about 250 kg and bulls about 300 kg. The head is rather short and heavy but much finer in the cows. The body is deep and cylindrical and the legs are short and fine, with strong hooves. They stand about one metre in height and have crescent-shaped horns in the bulls and lyre-shaped horns in the cows, of varied length, although there are also a few polled individuals. N'Dama are two-thirds fawn to brown in colour; the rest vary from black to white or are pied. In High Guinea the size increases and the brown colour darkens, although one in ten of forest N'Dama are pied. Research N'Dama
CI is an abbreviation for Cote D'ivoire (Ivory Coast)
CI is an abbreviation for Cubic Inches
CI is an abbreviation for Cast Iron
CI is an abbreviation for Certificate of Insurance
CI is an abbreviation for Communication Identification
CI is an abbreviation for ComputerInterface
CI is an abbreviation for Configuration Item
CI is an abbreviation for Contract Identifier
CI is an abbreviation for Contract Item
CI is an abbreviation for Control Item
CI is an abbreviation for Cost and Insurance
CI is an abbreviation for Cost Improvement
CI is an abbreviation for Crime Intelligence
CI is an abbreviation for Commonwealth Institute
CI is an abbreviation for Imperial Order of the Crown of India
CI is an abbreviation for Community Industry Research CI
The Republic of Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) is a republic in west Africa. It has a total area of 322,460 km2. The climate is tropical along the coast, semiarid in the far north with three Seasons: warm and dry from November to March, hot and dry from March to May and hot and wet from June to October. The terrain is mostly flat to undulating plains with mountains in the north-west. Natural resources are crude oil, diamonds, manganese, iron ore, cobalt, bauxite and copper The religion is 63% indigenous, 25% Muslim, 12% Christian. The official language is French with over 60 native dialects also spoken of which Dioula is the most widely spoken. The area that is now the Ivory Coast was originally comprised of numerous kingdoms. During the 16th century the British, French and Portugese established slave and ivory trading centers along the coast, giving the area its modern name. In the 19th century Ivory Coast became a French colony, and a part of French West africa in 1904 before achieving self-government in 1958 and independence in
1960. Research Ivory Coast
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