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.

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 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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