Allochrocebus lhoesti

(P. L. Sclater, 1899)

L'Hoest's Monkey

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 : Allochrocebus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Sclater, P.L. 1899-04. The Secretary read the following reports on the additions made to the Society's Menagerie during the months of June, July, August, September, and October 1898. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898(4):585-588.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30952979

Original name as described

Cercopithecus l'hoesti

Other common names

Mountain Monkey

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1908.5.7.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5bb6ebcf-cbea-4e6f-b3d1-53cffe5ec281 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/da042a07-73d9-4e56-920b-fea25e3d1b65

Type locality

Congo (= DR Congo). Restricted by R. Pocock in 1907 to Tschepo River, near Stanleyville (= Kisangani).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi

Taxonomy notes

moved from Cercopithecus to Allochrocebus

Taxonomy notes citation

Groves, C. (2006). Taxonomy and biogeography of the primates of western Uganda. Primates of Western Uganda, 3-20.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000560

Country distribution map

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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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Cercopithecus l'hoesti

(P. L. Sclater, 1899)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

lhoesti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.5.7.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5bb6ebcf-cbea-4e6f-b3d1-53cffe5ec281 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/da042a07-73d9-4e56-920b-fea25e3d1b65

Authority page

586

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30952979

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Schwarz (1928:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68600)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Groves (1993:264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
  6. Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
  7. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  8. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Cercopithecus thomasi

(Matschie, 1906)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

262

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7897353

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Lasiopyga l'hoesti

(D. G. Elliot, 1913)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

lhoesti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

lix

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602353

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

  1. Elliot (1913:lix, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  2. Allen (1925:388, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42949866) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11615)

Lasiopyga thomasi

(D. G. Elliot, 1913)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

lxi

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602355

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Elliot (1913:lxi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

Cercopithecus thomasi rutschuricus

(von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1915)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

rutschuricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

172

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61888821

Authority publication

Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)

Lasiopyga l'hoesti l'hoesti

(J. A. Allen, 1925)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

lhoesti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

388

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42949866

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1925:388, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42949866) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11615)

Cercopithecus l'hoesti l'hoesti

(E. Schwarz, 1928)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

lhoesti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

129

Authority publication

Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines

Name usages

Schwarz (1928:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68600)

Allochrocebus lhoesti

Mittermeier, Rylands, & D. E. Wilson, 2013

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

lhoesti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

675

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:675) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  2. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000025) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000025) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4220/92345122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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