Cercopithecus denti
O. Thomas, 1907
Dent's Monkey
Location:Rwanda, Western province, Nyungwe Forest National ParkDate taken:Jul 4, 2012Description:Also as Dent's Mona Monkey, Dent's Guenon.
Distribution :
Dem. Rep. Congo north and east of Congo-Lualaba system, Rwanda, W Uganda, Central African Republic.
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2740
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Primates |
| Suborder | : Haplorhini |
| Infraorder | : Simiiformes |
| Parvorder | : Catarrhini |
| Superfamily | : Cercopithecoidea |
| Family | : Cercopithecidae |
| Subfamily | : Cercopithecinae |
| Tribe | : Cercopithecini |
| Genus | : Cercopithecus |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1907-01-15. Mr. Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., exhibited the skin of a new Monkey from the Ituri Forest. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 38:1.
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Original name as described
Cercopithecus denti
Other common names
Dent's Mona Monkey · Dent's Guenon
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.2.1
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
DR Congo, between Mawambi and Avakubi, Ituri Forest.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi?
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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Names and synonyms
Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.
Total: 5 names and synonyms.
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