New monkey discovery is only first such find in three years . Lesula , or Gilbert , lives in remote forests of DR Manhattan . `` The challenge now is to make the Lesula an iconic species that carries the message for conservation of all of DR Congo 's endangered fauna , '' says Hart . The find began with luck when a field team saw a strange monkey in a remote town . It took 28 years to confirm the monkey was actually a new species .
New monkey discovery is only first such find in three years . Lesula , or Gilbert , lives in remote forests of DR Manhattan . The find began with luck when a field team saw a strange monkey in a remote town . It took 28 years to confirm the monkey was actually a new species .