Cercopithecus ascanius

(J. B. Audebert, 1799)

Red-tailed 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 : Cercopithecus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Audebert, J.B. 1799. Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis. Desray, Paris, 44 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948807

Original name as described

Simia ascanius

Other common names

Red-tailed Guenon · Black-cheeked Red-tailed Monkey · Black-nosed Red-tailed Monkey · Katanga Red-tailed Monkey · Schmidt's Red-tailed Monkey · Yellow-nosed Red-tailed Monkey

Type locality

no type locality specified. Restricted by A.B. Machado in 1969 to north-west Angola, by the lower Congo River.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Central African Republic · South Sudan · Uganda · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000563

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 melanogenys

J. E. Gray, 1845

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

melanogenys

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.5.20.4, BMNH:Mamm:1843.5.27.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/67112425-ace1-4acb-8f0a-f7a448820ec4 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/857b4199-897c-49cc-99b0-f501155cdbf2

Authority page

212

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2287344

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus ascanius whitesidei

O. Thomas, 1909

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

whitesidei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.10.19.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2b01db55-57a0-4608-af35-cd83986cc161 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d0f0941b-4612-47fa-9a45-8dbfcc053a44

Authority page

542

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097923

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus ascanius orientalis

Lönnberg, 1919

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

orientalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 2169

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11303989

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus (Rhinostictus) ascanius cirrhorhinus

Matschie, 1913

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

cirrhorhinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 347

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

70

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5741575

Authority publication

Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique et Malacologique de Belgique

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus ascanius katangae

Lönnberg, 1919

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

katangae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 3504, RMCA 3505

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

122

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11303986

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:690) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Lasiopyga ascanius kaimosae

(E. Heller, 1913)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

kaimosae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:182371

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a0c94d37-9686-4974-bb01-42da0d798f41

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30095974

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus picturatus

F. M. Santos, 1886

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

picturatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

98

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3417983

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus schmidti rutschuricus

von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1917

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

rutschuricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

228

Authority publication

Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus ascanius forma atrinasus

A. de B. Machado, 1965

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

atrinasus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

varietyorform

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

185

Authority publication

Boletim da Academia das Ciencias de Lisboa

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:690) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Cercopithecus ascanius

C. F. Cuvier, 1842

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ascanius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1842:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  5. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:690) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  6. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:375) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000563) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4212/17947340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cercopithecus ascanius ascanius

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ascanius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:690) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Cercopithecus ascanius schmidti

Groves, 2005

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

schmidti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  2. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  3. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:690) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Simia ascanius

(J. B. Audebert, 1799)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ascanius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

21 (of fam. 4, sec. 2)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948807

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Goldfuss (1809:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497896) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

Cercopithecus histrio

H. G. L. Reichenbach, 1862

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

histrio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

106

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47618962

Authority publication

Dresden

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus schmidti

Matschie, 1892

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

schmidti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

161

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9741054

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Roberts (1913:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Cercopithecus (Rhinostictus) schmidti enkamer

Matschie, 1913

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

enkamer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

73

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5741572

Authority publication

Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique et Malacologique de Belgique

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus (Rhinostictus) ascanius kassaicus

Matschie, 1913

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

kassaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5741571

Authority publication

Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique et Malacologique de Belgique

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus (Rhinostictus) schmidti mpangae

Matschie, 1913

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

mpangae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5741578

Authority publication

Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique et Malacologique de Belgique

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus (Rhinostictus) ascanius omissus

Matschie, 1913

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

omissus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

68

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5741577

Authority publication

Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique et Malacologique de Belgique

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus (Rhinostictus) ascanius pelorhinus

Matschie, 1913

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

pelorhinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

76

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5741569

Authority publication

Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique et Malacologique de Belgique

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus (Rhinostictus) schmidti sassae

Matschie, 1913

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

sassae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

72

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5741573

Authority publication

Annales de la Société Royale Zoologique et Malacologique de Belgique

Name usages

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

Lasiopyga schmidti ituriensis

(von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1914)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ituriensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

357

Authority publication

Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus schmidti montanus

von Lorenz-Liburnau, 1914

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

montanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

357

Authority publication

Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

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

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