Cercopithecus cephus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Mustached 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

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033819

Original name as described

Simia Cephus

Other common names

Moustached Guenon · Gray-tailed Mustached Monkey · Red-tailed Mustached Monkey · White-nosed Mustached Monkey

Type locality

America (= West Africa).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Central African Republic · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000565

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.

Total: 14 names and synonyms.

Simia Cephus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

cephus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033819

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:39, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Boddaert (1785:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230023) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  4. Gmelin (1788:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  5. Kerr (1792:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664085) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  6. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Cuvier (1795:462, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6168126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72380)
  7. Wolf (1796:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
  8. Cuvier (1797:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  9. Audebert (1799:@fam. 4 sec. 2 p. 19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58948803) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68277)
  10. Shaw (1800:44, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150685) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
  11. Turton (1802:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  12. Goldfuss (1809:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497896) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  13. Virey (1819:276, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35135194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60385)
  14. Griffith (1821:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68343)
  15. Fischer (1829:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Simia Ciphus

(Boddaert, 1772)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

ciphus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563383

Authority publication

Utrecht

Name usages

Boddaert (1772:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)

Cercopithecus Cephus

Erxleben, 1777

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

cephus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

37

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872834

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:37, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872834) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Zimmermann (1783:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  3. Daudin (1802:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  4. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1812:94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3499288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17666)
  5. Illiger (1815:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080932) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  6. Desmarest (1821:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  7. Schinz (1821:103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528860) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  8. Lesson (1827:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  9. Cuvier (1842:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  10. Lesson (1842:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  11. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1855:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27344900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69176)
  12. Murray (1866:321, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  13. Gray (1868:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28664687) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69182)
  14. Gray (1871:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
  15. Sclater (1872:8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037766) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  16. Schlegel (1876:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14895156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67480)
  17. Peters (1876:471, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17187)
  18. Trouessart (1904:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422866) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  19. Schwarz (1928:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68600)
  20. Allen (1939:144, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782666) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  21. Corbet & Hill (1980:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  22. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  23. Corbet & Hill (1991:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  24. Groves (1993:263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69008)
  25. Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
  26. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  27. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  28. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:690) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  29. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  30. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  31. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  32. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000565) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  33. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4214/166614362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cercopithecus cœphus

Muirhead, 1819

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

coephus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

401

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Muirhead (1819:401) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)

Cercopithecus buccalis

Le Conte, 1857

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

buccalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330274

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

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

Cercopithecus cephus cephodes

Pocock, 1907

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

cephodes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1880.6.7.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c4964f41-57cd-449c-a135-5dc7ac0bc124 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f2bce95f-144b-4135-b4a2-f9352ed8ad41

Authority page

724

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31579146

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)
  2. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  3. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:690) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)

Cercopithecus inobservatus

D. G. Elliot, 1910

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

inobservatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1847.3.1.6, BMNH:Mamm:1847.3.4.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6b86b80d-28c8-4788-91e7-5664d7f2fd0b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7b009fd6-db0b-4586-93cc-847fe902106c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8c8df676-c6d7-4353-87b3-b38398209848 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d926119d-5587-4850-b5cd-8440f03ecd4d

Authority page

81

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094500

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Lasiopyga cephodes

(D. G. Elliot, 1913)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

cephodes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

lx

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602354

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Elliot (1913:lx, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

Lasiopyga cephus

(D. G. Elliot, 1913)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

cephus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

lx

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602354

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

  1. Elliot (1913:lx, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  2. Allen (1925:414, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42949892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11615)

Lasiopyga inobservata

(D. G. Elliot, 1913)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

inobservatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

lx

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602354

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Elliot (1913:lx, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)

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