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/31209200

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 specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1d6e2b08-59ed-4845-bb3e-ab9e0be3b348 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6e34a64c-9563-421f-9e73-430d4046f6c6

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000566

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 denti

O. Thomas, 1907

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

denti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

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-9e73-430d4046f6c6

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31209200

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8549)
  4. Mittermeier, Rylands & Wilson (2013:684) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59513)
  5. Butynski, Kingdon & Kalina (2013:330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37955)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000566) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136885/92413658) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cercopithecus (Otopithecus) denti liebrechtsi

Dubois & Matschie, 1912

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

liebrechtsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 245

Type kind

holotype

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

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

Lasiopyga denti

(D. G. Elliot, 1913)

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

denti

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

  1. Elliot (1913:lxi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40602355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35489)
  2. Allen (1925:400, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42949878) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11615)

Cercopithecus mona denti

E. Schwarz, 1928

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

denti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

143

Authority publication

Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines

Name usages

Schwarz (1928:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68600)

Cercopithecus pogonias denti

Grubb, Butynski, J. F. Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves, & Struhsaker, 2003

Family

Cercopithecidae

Root name

denti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1333

Authority publication

International Journal of Primatology

Name usages

Grubb, Butynski, Oates, Bearder, Disotell, Groves & Struhsaker (2003:1333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/4919)

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