Cercopithecus denti
O. Thomas, 1907
Dent'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 | : 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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31209200Original 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
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1d6e2b08-59ed-4845-bb3e-ab9e0be3b348 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6e34a64c-9563-421f-9e73-430d4046f6c6Type 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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